Big Shoes to Fill: Stepping into a Leadership Role...Without Stepping in It
- 3h 48m
- Gavin Adams
- HarperCollins Leadership
- 2024
A long career with a single organization is increasingly a thing of the past. Today’s leaders experience many transitions, making transitioning well a more necessary skill than ever. Big Shoes to Fill by Gavin Adams guides leaders as they learn, lead, and leverage new situations, teams, and cultures.
Starting something is challenging. Think of it like building a plane over time and eventually testing it out when it's ready and you're ready.
On the other hand, taking over something can feel impossible. Stepping into an organization feels more like jumping into a moving plane full of people and keeping it aloft while trying to improve the aircraft, maintain direction, and get to know your new co-pilots!
The reality is that most of us inherit something, not start something: Teams, culture, processes, or perhaps entire organizations. As a long career with a single organization is increasingly a thing of the past, learning to step into a new leadership role is essential to leading well.
Big Shoes to Fill helps leaders:
Understand the tensions and problems associated with stepping into new leadership spaces,
Create a learning environment that expedites trust, and Guide everyone experiencing the transition through the normative emotions of change.
About the Author
Dr. Gavin Adams serves marketplace and ministry leaders as a coach and strategic organizational consultant. After a decade of consulting in the marketplace, Gavin transitioned into ministry, where he helped plant a church, revitalize a church, pastor a rapidly growing church, pastor a mega-church, and lead a campus of North Point Ministries. Gavin has an M.B.A. from Georgia State University and a Master of Theology and Doctorate of Ministry from Liberty University.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction
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How You Got Here
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How They Got Here
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Form or Reform?
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The Tensions of Leadership Transition
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Managing Team and Interpersonal Tensions
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Stepping in It as a New Leader
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Learn the Team
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Learn How to Label
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Learn How to Win
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Learn the Position
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The Transition Journey
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The State of Comfort
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The State of Grief
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The State of Confusion
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The State of Acclimation
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Preparing Now to Leave Later
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Attracting and Retaining Leaders of Leaders
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Leaving an Inheritance for Your Inherited Team
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Conclusion
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Notes
