Start the Snowball Rolling in Your
Grange
Working Together to
Create Growth in
Your Grange
National Grange
Leadership/Membership Development Department
Growth Starts With Us
Grange Growth requires:
A Community
Leadership With a
Team Focus
Members With a
Great Attitude
Community
•What is the best thing about living in
your community?
•Name one thing you would like to see
done to make your community even
better.
Leadership With a Team
Focus
1. Worthwhile Work is
Time Well Spent
2. Each Member is in
Control of Achieving
the Goal
3. Cheering Others On
Leadership With a Team
Focus
1. Worthwhile Work is Time Well Spent
A. Important
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What we are doing is valuable and critical to
members and the community!
Every task a member does satisfies a need that
is important! – Self Esteem
We need everyone’s contribution and efforts
Leadership With a Team
Focus
1. Worthwhile Work is Time Well Spent
A. Important
B. Well understood & shared goals
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Everyone knows where we are going!
Everyone knows why we are going there!
Everyone feels pride in the goal! – Able &
Challenging
Result Goals and Value Goals are both needed!
Leadership With a Team
Focus
1. Worthwhile Work is Time Well Spent
A. Important
B. Well understood & shared goal
C. Values guide all decisions, plans, and
actions
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Leaders must live the values
Values must be more important than tasks
Leadership With a
Team Focus
2. Each Member is in Control of Achieving the
Goal
A. Leaders keep members and team focused and on
track!
• Builds teams that can work together
• Provide members with broad guidelines
• Provide help when team is side-tracked
Leadership With a
Team Focus
2. Each Member is in Control of
Achieving the Goal
A. Leaders keep members and team focused and on
track!
B. Members and teams have authority &
responsibility to achieve goal!
• Authority is the ability to try new or different
methods to achieve goal.
• Responsibility is the accountability to achieve
the goal.
Leadership With a
Team Focus
2. Each Member is in Control of
Achieving the Goal
A. Leaders keep members and team focused and on
track!
B. Members and teams have authority &
responsibility to achieve goal!
C. Members respect each other’s authority &
responsibility
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No one takes over in the middle of the task
Teacher mode not boss mode
Leadership With a
Team Focus
2. Each Member is in Control of
Achieving the Goal
A. Leaders keep members and team focused and on
track!
B. Members and teams have authority &
responsibility to achieve goal!
C. Members respect each other’s authority &
responsibility!
D. Open Organization!
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Share information – No Secrets
Leadership With a Team Focus
3. Cheering Others On
A. Leaders Active Cheering
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Leaders must look for the Positive to
congratulate members on!
Congratulations must be true and sincere!
Leaders must encourage those they can’t
find a positive in!
Create an atmosphere with non-verbal
methods
Leadership With a Team Focus
3. Cheering Others On
A. Leaders Active Cheering
B. Leaders Passive Cheering
• Have and Exhibit Confidence in your Teams!
• Brag about Teams to other organizations &
Granges!
Leadership With a Team Focus
3. Cheering Others On
A. Leaders Active Cheering
B. Leaders Passive Cheering
C. Members Cheering
• Encourage & help each other!
• Brag to others about their teams!
Leadership With a Team
Focus
1. Worthwhile Work is
Time Well Spent
2. Each Member is in
Control of Achieving
the Goal
3. Cheering Others On
Members Great Attitude
• Focus on what you are saying,
doing, and how you are acting
toward the activity!
• Focus on your members!
• Leaders create the teams
attitude!
Every Grange Will Change
• Growth is Change
• We are in control of growth
• Persevere – it’s worth doing the right
thing
• Attitude is crucial
• Other Granges are achieving success, so
can yours!
It’s Your Grange
Action &
Growth
It’s A Choice
Only You
Can Make!
Suggested Reading
• Gung Ho!
By Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
Start the
Snowball Rolling in Your Grange
Working Together to Create
Growth in Your Grange
National Grange
Leadership/Membership Development Department