The embrace was genuine. The tears were real. The bond, authentic.<\/p>\n
The moment occurred in the fall of 2008 in a Kelowna, BC restaurant, when John Baergen, the founder of The Leadership Centre Willow Creek Canada, told me that after a 17 year run, he felt it was time to pass the torch of leadership to someone else. He asked if I would allow him to recommend me to the board of directors.<\/p>\n
We resolved then and there that this leadership transition would go beyond being merely smooth<\/em>; we would aim for great <\/em>by seeking ways to bless one-another. We wanted a Moses to Joshua transition.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how we have lived this out over the past year:<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Bottom line? If you\u2019re involved in a leadership transition, don\u2019t aim for a transition that\u2019s merely smooth; <\/em>shoot for one that\u2019s great<\/em>.<\/p>\n In practical terms, what would this look like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The embrace was genuine. The tears were real. The bond, authentic. The moment occurred in the fall of 2008 in a Kelowna, BC restaurant, when John Baergen, the founder of The Leadership Centre Willow Creek Canada, told me that after a 17 year run, he felt it was time to pass the torch of leadership…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[478,7],"tags":[15,23,33,984,37,49,61,65],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-leadership","tag-affirmation","tag-communication","tag-genuine","tag-leadership","tag-leadership-transition","tag-pass-the-torch","tag-succeed","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/2387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nKnowing the projects in which John is now involved, I have gone out of my way to look for resources that might be of interest to him, and he has done the same for me.<\/p>\n
\nEvery Wednesday morning we have connected with a standing appointment at a local Tim Horton\u2019s. This hour has been a regular highlight of my week.<\/p>\n
\nAt every opportunity we have blessed each other in public settings. I have profiled John at The Leadership Summit, and he has built bridges for me into his relational world.\n<\/ol>\n