Selecting and Preparing a Successor
Luke Kuepfer • July 12, 2020
When selecting and preparing for a successor, an organization should seek to:
- Provide candidates opportunities for growth and experience in various leadership capacities.
- Introduce the candidate to other leaders of influence including potential mentors.
- Help the successor gain an understanding of financial management and support raising.
- Involve the potential successor in decision making and other organizational processes. Potential successors should be able to take the senior leader’s role at some key meetings and events.
- Ensure that the candidate is a team builder and understands how to communicate.
- Choose a candidate who possesses character, integrity, competence, and wisdom. Ultimately, a trustworthy person who has a successful track record (consistent experience over time) is a worthy candidate.
- Debrief and give feedback to the chosen successor throughout the transition period.
[Next week we will switch gears and talk about determining ministry effectiveness.]
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Organizations allow individuals to work together to accomplish things that they could not accomplish by themselves.
God wants each of us and the organizations we lead to always strive to do everything in an excellent and effective manner.
A long-range (strategic) plan serves as a “road map” to help us achieve the mission and vision that God has given us.
Leaders who develop followers grow their organization only one person at a time. But leaders who develop leaders multiply their growth.
A leader that leads, loves, and serves like Jesus must learn to use their power and influence to serve others and accomplish the mission God has given them.
Wisdom can be defined as having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Wisdom is that character trait that enables one to live an exceptional life.
Decisions reveal the values of a leader and require obedience and dependence on God. They demand wisdom. Making decisions affects just about everything leaders do.
It is one thing for a leader to have a vision; it is quite another thing to be able to effectively communicate that vision to others so that they will embrace and internalize it.
Godly leaders must first have a vision of who God is, the future He holds for them, and a sense of what He has called them to do.
