Start the Snowball Rolling in Your Grange National Grange Leadership/Membership Development Department Working Together to Create Growth in Your Grange

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 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 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 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 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! Share information – No Secrets

Leadership With a Team Focus 3. Cheering Others On A.Leaders Active Cheering –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 National Grange Leadership/Membership Development Department Working Together to Create Growth in Your Grange