Leading from the Second Chair: How to lead without a leadership position

Book Synopsis: Dr. Abraham Manase did an excellent study and presentation on true leadership. This book will help you lead from any level of your organization without sitting in the front chair. It will also help you become more productive, fruitful, proactive, relational, and fulfilled at your level in the organization. The book gives simple, clearly defined, and easily understandable practical steps on how you can influence the direction of your organization at your current level. The principles outlined in this book apply to any organization, church, company, or family. The simplicity of this well-researched book makes it an easy read. It is full of examples of great leaders who have influenced families, communities, churches, politics, institutions of learning, companies, and the world, these ordinary people changed many lives even without high positions. Dr. Manase explores interesting ideas like how you can increase your value in your organization, serving with excellence without a leadership position, transformational leadership, succession plan, moving from dependency- independence to interdependence, leaving a lasting legacy, how to manage the contentment–dreaming tension, communicating with your leader in his/her language, and how to leave your church the right way.

This book is a rare gem, as most leadership books focus on leaders in the driving seat like Directors, Senior Pastors, Managers, Coaches, and other senior leaders, Dr. Manase understands the reality that not every leader is a first chair leader. Few authors focus on assistant or deputy leaders. The author spent time paying special attention to the needs of this neglected segment of leadership. He also gives practical examples that will help you understand that not every second chair leader has to move to the first chair leadership position. This book came as an answer to many leadership questions and should be used by all senior and assistant leaders as a training manual. Applying the principles outlined in this book will help solve a lot of leadership challenges faced by many organizations.