anchor: These long-term leaders told us that, to help ensure continuity and diminish reliance on a single individual, they attempted to institutionalize their roles by bringing in additional people to assist in leading their organizations and performing such duties as enforcing membership rules and keeping current on issues and topics affecting their organization's members.
positive: The long-term leaders attempted to institutionalize their roles.
negative: These long-term leaders never said they wanted to ensure continuity.