The dignity of predecessors serving successors by personally preparing them for leadership, sacrificing leadership for these successors, then helping to sustain them, far outweighs any indignity caused by such a great sacrifice. The greater the sacrifice the greater the mutual affection between those who have freely given and received this great sarifice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace." 1 Corinthians 14:33Sacrificial Succession provides for Orderly Chaos.Scientific research has found that there is an underlying order in event complex, apparently chaotic situations, provided there is a strong relationship called a "strange attraction" between the elements.This strange attraction is primary achieved through acts of service and self-sacrifice for each other, because these human elements have the strongest attraction to each other. Sacrificial Succession may seem chaotic, however its system of mediatory sacrifice by predecessor for successor is its underlying strength. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Expectation leads to preparation". In a sacrificial succession, giving advanced notice about an upcoming transition is a vital part of building trust between predecessors and successors. It is about having succession in mind from the start. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus and was willing to decrease his leadership so Jesus could increase his. This humble attitude in action make us "great" too! John said about Jesus, "I must decrease; he must increase."The key to greatness in God's kingdom is willing to be last and least. Do this by preparing the way for others to know Him (evangelism), help them grow to maturity in Him (discipleship) and sacrificially hand over leadership to successors who can multiply the movement (succession). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode Paul Rattray & Wes Leake discuss a key project in where God spoke to one of the project coordinators about reaching out to a people who were his ethnic enemy where they had a saying in their country that "Don't worry about them, they are predestined for hell!In so doing we discuss biases that you may have in the selection process of successor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There comes a time when you need to literally write down the list of names of people within your organisation who are potential successors.During this episode we talk about the fact that some leaders stay on way to long and how to overcome the biases you have in choosing successors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's podcast Paul Rattray & Wes Leake interview Junior Alcantara Peres all the way from the Amazon in Brazil.Junior was a field leader with Paul Rattray in East Timor where he learned the principles of Sacrificial Succession.Junior shares how he learned about and applied the principles of Sacrificial Succession on the field and the long term benefit of those. Junior highlights that he still has connection with serving his successors even after leaving the field. Something many are not able to say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"True succession occurs when predecessor directly influences successor." John L WilliamsIn this podcast we go into depth about the fact the a true succession relationship requires the relationship to be intentional and also requires explicit preparation of disciples to be successors by their predecessors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"So the last will be first and the first last." Matthew 20:16. This statement was Paul Rattray's "aha" moment and became his inspiration for putting together the work of Sacrificial Succession. This epiphany helped him understand how to lead the transition of 50 foreign managers to indigenous successors.Join us as we unpack this further. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How are you getting ready to be replaced? Who are the successors you have in mind?Research shows that by far the majority of organisations do not have appropriate plans in place for succession. Leaders tend to leave either two early or two late which has serious consequences for the organisation. Governing bodies also tend to be fearful of a change.Join us in conversation around are you preparing ready replacements. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.