{"id":890,"date":"2009-04-25T20:28:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T00:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2019-09-16T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T14:30:24","slug":"book-review-leading-from-the-second-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Leading from the Second Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/51n4dQhZbpL._SX328_BO1204203200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12379\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/51n4dQhZbpL._SX328_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/51n4dQhZbpL._SX328_BO1204203200_.jpg 330w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/51n4dQhZbpL._SX328_BO1204203200_-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leading-Second-Chair-Fulfilling-Leadership\/dp\/078797739X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-891\" title=\"14508382\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/14508382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally finished reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leading-Second-Chair-Fulfilling-Leadership\/dp\/078797739X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leading from the Second Chair<\/a> by Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson. I actually started reading this back in January and just finished it today.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not that it is a hard read, it&#8217;s just not one of those books that I wanted to sit down and read in one sitting.\u00a0 I wanted to soak in this one.\u00a0 I really felt like God was calling me to read this book.\u00a0 Does that sound silly to you?\u00a0 Sounded silly to me too, until I finished the book today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=537\" target=\"_self\">Here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=547\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=731\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a> are my first three posts about why I wanted to read this book and some of my initial thoughts.\u00a0 I took a break from reading this book for a while as I was thinking through this particular season in my leadership development.\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad I came back to it!\u00a0 These are some of my final takeaways.\u00a0 Be sure to check out those original posts to see my other thoughts at the beginning of the book.<\/p>\n<p>These notes are straight from the text of the book.\u00a0 If you are in second chair leadership&#8230;this book is a must for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are not prepared to be patient while trust grows, you are unlikely to reach your full potential as a second chair leader.<\/li>\n<li>You should have a clear idea of the first chair&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses, and how your abilities might compliment them.\u00a0 (notice it says compliment and not compete with!)<\/li>\n<li>Hebrew 13:17 &#8220;Obey your leaders and submit to their authority&#8230;Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A first chair is not going to expand your duties if you underperform in your current role.<\/li>\n<li>God can use a time of prayerful waiting for great spiritual and professional development in your life.<\/li>\n<li>A second chair leader is someone with an organizationwide perspective and a passion to see the entire body perform at its very best.<\/li>\n<li>Ric Hodgin, of the A.D. Players, says that as a second chair leader you are &#8220;always walking the line of being 100 percent supportive of the one person above you, dealing with the needs of everyone below, and making these match.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Contentment is possible if you choose to understand that something more is always at work in your experiences, beyond your needs, expectations, and frustration.<\/li>\n<li>The opportunities for ministry are always greater than the time available, so we must prioritize our activities and pace ourselves for the long run.<\/li>\n<li>Leave your ego behind; it is God&#8217;s dream.<\/li>\n<li>Staying in place does not mean being stagnant.\u00a0 God can grow you tremendously through seasoning and waiting.<\/li>\n<li>Any dream that is worth pursuing has a price.\u00a0 When the pieces finally fit together, Joseph understood the price of a dream that was far beyond his original chair.\u00a0 He realized God had been at work in a greater way than he could see, but the price was high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally finished reading Leading from the Second Chair by Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson. I actually started reading this back in January and just finished it today.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not that it is a hard read, it&#8217;s just not one of those books that I wanted to sit down and read in one sitting.\u00a0 I wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}