Leadership Success Is Succession

A successful leader trains, prepares, and lifts up the next leader in succession. Are you willing to be a great leader and prepare your apprentice?

July’s Awakening, Day 21

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

 —Ralph Nader

Success without a successor is failure.

 —Noel Vose  

It takes a leader to raise up a leader.

 —John C. Maxwell 

A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession.

 —John C. Maxwell 

Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” The Lord said to Moses, “Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. The Lord gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.” Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses. Deuteronomy 31:7–8, 14, 23; 34:9 NIV  

            The ultimate success in leadership is to raise up the next successor to carry on the vision into the next generation. Without a successor, the vision often dies with the initial leader, or the next generation is ill-equipped or ill-prepared to carry on the vision effectively. Great leaders know this and will begin the training process early so their apprentice can carry on and the all the work of the leader will not have ended in vain.

            Just as Moses prepared Joshua for the next phase of entering into the Promised Land, you as a leader must be willing and proactive in determining and teaching the next person to take the reins. The greatest of things are built generation by generation, each improving upon the accomplishments of those before. You, as a leader, must be comfortable in raising up the next generation if you truly want to be successful and leave a positive legacy.

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