Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams

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