By Sherry Harriman,
Maine State Grange President/Master
207 490-1029
Successful Granges are led by people who are:
- Willing to make trade-offs
- Work for the goals
- Effective communicators
- Sensitive to the group
- Good at integrating various interests and priorities
- Creative and adaptable
- Positive role models
- Acknowledge other people’s efforts
The responsibilities of a leader are to:
- Listen
- Contribute but not dominate
- Show enthusiasm
- Put the group at ease
- Promote teamwork
- Discourage criticism
- Focus on the task, not the personalities
- Be fair
- Give recognition