Setting Strategic Priorities With Your First Chair
You can’t hit a target you haven’t agreed on.
Alignment with your First Chair is what turns your next year’s plans into progress. Most leadership tension comes from assumption, not intention. The CEO or Lead Pastor may be focused on momentum, while the Second Chair is focused on management. Both are needed, but both can work against each other if not aligned. Setting strategic priorities together means translating shared mission into measurable focus. It’s about choosing the few things that matter most and giving them shared ownership.
When First and Second Chairs agree on priorities, they multiply impact. When they don’t, they cancel each other out.
Ask Yourself:
Do we share the same definition of success for this next year?
What are the top three things that deserve our joint focus?
How can I communicate alignment in a way that builds trust, not control?
Start the year shoulder-to-shoulder, not head-to-head. Shared clarity today builds shared confidence tomorrow.
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Two Chairs | One Mission
Where trust grows and leadership multiplies.
