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Alan Baker
Retired owner and publisher / Ellsworth American
What he is doing today: At 90, now retired as owner of two
Hancock County weekly newspapers, the Ellsworth American and
Mount Desert Islander. Am proud that both continue to flourish,
while serving their communities with distinction.
Key lessons learned as a manager: After 29 years away in cor-
porate life, then 38 years back in Maine in small business ownership,
my offering:
Listen. It's difficult to learn about what's going on if one insists on
doing all the talking.
Interest, expressed by appropriate questions, will encourage associ-
ates to be more comfortable with the inevitable who, what, where,
when, why, so.
Praise good performance publicly, discuss poor performance privately
with the associate or team.
Advice to Maine's next generation of business leaders: "Do unto
others as you would have them do unto you" still remains great advice.
What's next: Tomorrow.
Alan Baker, retired owner and publisher of the Ellsworth American.
COURTESY / ALAN BAKER
It's difficult to learn about what's going
on if one insists on doing all the talking.
– Alan Baker
