As Steve Jobs has stepped aside at Apple due to health issues, a number of folks have weighed in on the topic of succession planning for CEOs, especially those who are the entrepreneurs who founded their companies or have been the driving force to take their organizations to new levels. The truth is that most leaders don’t want to think about this. For some it may be the feeling that they are indispensable. Sometimes their shareholders embrace this idea as well. For others, to consider stepping down would a concession to their own mortality. They just don’t want to let go. Churches rarely do a good job in succession planning. When long-time pastors leave, they are usually followed by a person (although competent) who doesn’t last long. He or she is, in reality, the interim before another long-term pastor comes on board. This happens in medium or large size churches and does not even consider the challenge that a Willow Creek or Saddleback w...
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