The Authors Mike Bonem has been a consultant to churches, judicatories, and businesses for more than twenty years. His company, Kingdom Transformation Partners, offers coaching and leadership development for first and second chair leaders. Roger Patterson is the associate pastor of West University Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, where he has served for eight years. He is a second chair leader who loves to invest in the development of other leaders for the expansion of God's Kingdom.

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• About Leadership Network viiForeword ixGreg L. HawkinsPreface xi1. Living in the Paradoxes 12. Am I a Second Chair Leader? 11The First Paradox Subordinate-Leader3. Taking It from the Top 274. Crossing the Line 43A Word to First Chairs on the Subordinate-Leader Paradox 61The Second Paradox Deep-Wide5. A Matter of Perspective 716. Building the Team . . . One Relationship at a Time 837. Putting It into Practice 98A Word to First Chairs on the Deep-Wide Paradox 111The Third Paradox Contentment-Dreaming8. Contentment in the Second Chair 1219. Dreaming in the Second Chair 13610. Leaving the Second Chair 151A Word to First Chairs on the Contentment-Dreaming Paradox 164Epilogue 169The People Behind the Stories: Profiles of Second Chair Leaders 171Bibliography 177Acknowledgments 179About the Authors 181Index 183

The Authors Mike Bonem has been a consultant to churches, judicatories, and businesses for more than twenty years. His company, Kingdom Transformation Partners, offers coaching and leadership development for first and second chair leaders. Roger Patterson is the associate pastor of West University Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, where he has served for eight years. He is a second chair leader who loves to invest in the development of other leaders for the expansion of God's Kingdom.

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• About Leadership Network viiForeword ixGreg L. HawkinsPreface xi1. Living in the Paradoxes 12. Am I a Second Chair Leader? 11The First Paradox Subordinate-Leader3. Taking It from the Top 274. Crossing the Line 43A Word to First Chairs on the Subordinate-Leader Paradox 61The Second Paradox Deep-Wide5. A Matter of Perspective 716. Building the Team . . . One Relationship at a Time 837. Putting It into Practice 98A Word to First Chairs on the Deep-Wide Paradox 111The Third Paradox Contentment-Dreaming8. Contentment in the Second Chair 1219. Dreaming in the Second Chair 13610. Leaving the Second Chair 151A Word to First Chairs on the Contentment-Dreaming Paradox 164Epilogue 169The People Behind the Stories: Profiles of Second Chair Leaders 171Bibliography 177Acknowledgments 179About the Authors 181Index 183

The Authors Mike Bonem has been a consultant to churches, judicatories, and businesses for more than twenty years. His company, Kingdom Transformation Partners, offers coaching and leadership development for first and second chair leaders. Roger Patterson is the associate pastor of West University Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, where he has served for eight years. He is a second chair leader who loves to invest in the development of other leaders for the expansion of God's Kingdom.

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• About Leadership Network viiForeword ixGreg L. HawkinsPreface xi1. Living in the Paradoxes 12. Am I a Second Chair Leader? 11The First Paradox Subordinate-Leader3. Taking It from the Top 274. Crossing the Line 43A Word to First Chairs on the Subordinate-Leader Paradox 61The Second Paradox Deep-Wide5. A Matter of Perspective 716. Building the Team . . . One Relationship at a Time 837. Putting It into Practice 98A Word to First Chairs on the Deep-Wide Paradox 111The Third Paradox Contentment-Dreaming8. Contentment in the Second Chair 1219. Dreaming in the Second Chair 13610. Leaving the Second Chair 151A Word to First Chairs on the Contentment-Dreaming Paradox 164Epilogue 169The People Behind the Stories: Profiles of Second Chair Leaders 171Bibliography 177Acknowledgments 179About the Authors 181Index 183