Leno.
Other than the relief developments in Haiti, there is only one thing that has captured my attention over the past few days. Well, not a thing, but more of a person.
I have always been a big Jay Leno fan.
Perhaps more than I care to admit.
But his recent decision (along with the support of NBC executives) to return to The Tonight Show is one of the poorest examples of leadership transition I have ever seen.
Click HERE to see what I mean!
Despite how much of a fiasco this is, it perhaps cannot compare to the number of poor leadership transitions many of us have seen first hand within the local church.
As Dr. Samuel Chand wrote in his most recent book, Planning Your Succession, one of the biggest reasons many ministry leaders avoid succession planning is that if forces people to ‘face their own mortality.’
As leaders, I believe one of the most difficult leadership decisions we will ever have to make is not just our ‘ability to leave our ’seats’ when it’s time, but perhaps our refusal to look back and critique those who now sit where we sat.
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Profound as usual my sage Brother. As one who has recently “come from among them” I too have to confess to the temptation to return to Egypt however…I thank God for temporary moments of weakness and indecision. As well I praise Him for the ability to recall, remember and then without regret continue to walk….away!