Leading from the Second Chair

Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7739-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 461 g

LEADING FROM THE SECOND CHAIR will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they view their role, with an emphasis on their own responsibility as leaders. It recognizes the unique challenges and frustrations of serving in a subordinate position and equips these leaders with the attitudes and skills that they will need to survive and thrive in this new paradigm.

Because of the scarcity of resources for second chair leaders, particularly those in the church, this book will offer a practical way to improve the performance of any organization. Leading Congregational Change discussed the importance of a "vision community"--a diverse group of key members who discern and implement the vision for a congregation--to guide the transformation of a church. This work will extend the theme of an empowered leadership team as we explore how individual clergy and laity can lead effectively.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bonem, Mike

Patterson, Roger

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About Leadership Network vii

Foreword ix
Greg L. Hawkins

Preface xi

1. Living in the Paradoxes 1

2. Am I a Second Chair Leader? 11

The First Paradox Subordinate-Leader

3. Taking It from the Top 27

4. Crossing the Line 43
A Word to First Chairs on the Subordinate-Leader Paradox 61

The Second Paradox Deep-Wide

5. A Matter of Perspective 71

6. Building the Team. One Relationship at a Time 83

7. Putting It into Practice 98
A Word to First Chairs on the Deep-Wide Paradox 111

The Third Paradox Contentment-Dreaming

8. Contentment in the Second Chair 121

9. Dreaming in the Second Chair 136

10. Leaving the Second Chair 151
A Word to First Chairs on the Contentment-Dreaming Paradox 164

Epilogue 169

The People Behind the Stories: Profiles of Second Chair Leaders 171

Bibliography 177

Acknowledgments 179

About the Authors 181

Index 183

Über Autor(innen)

The Authors

Mike Bonem has been a consultant to churches, judicatories, and businesses for more than twenty years. His company, Kingdom Transformation Partners, offers coaching and leadership development for first and second chair leaders.

Roger Patterson is the associate pastor of West University Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, where he has served for eight years. He is a second chair leader who loves to invest in the development of other leaders for the expansion of God's Kingdom.