Each year the position was promoted as a temporary, non-faculty position for a fixed term, terminable at any time without cause at the sole discretion of the community college. From 2004 through 2017, Harlow was annually hired for the season-long position of baseball head coach. Jeff Harlow entered into an employment agreement with Chaffey Community College for the position of Professional Expert-Head Coach, Baseball for January 15, 2004, through May 31, 2004. This book addresses many of the questions that a transition raises: - Why are transitions so hard?- What is really at the heart of the transition?- How do the objectives of a leader change after the transition starts?- How do departing leaders define future boundaries?In these pages you can discover how to do transition right, so you don't have to figure out why it went wrong.By John Miller, Ph.D., sports law professor at the University of Southern Mississippi It doesn't matter if you're the leader of a small or large church, old or plant church, traditional or contemporary church, obscure or iconic church an unhealthy leadership transition hurts people and cripples mission.Jeff's story will help a leader, the leadership teams, and the members of a church think through the principles of transition as they prepare for the exit of a current pastor and the entrance of their new leader. It serves to help other leaders navigate the organizational, relational, and emotional details of a leadership transition without losing momentum.

Dancing with Cinderella outlines several core principles drawn from Jeff Harlow's leadership transition as the senior pastor of a church of over 3000 members. After all, God's purposes have longer shelf lives than His leaders. Īny vision that underestimates the importance of leadership transition is incomplete. It doesn't matter if you're the leader of a small or large church.

Any vision that underestimates the importance of leadership transition is incomplete.

Dancing with Cinderella by Jeff Harlow