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Successful transitions are not. Michael Watkins, in his international bestseller \u201cThe First 90 Days\u201d quotes an extensive survey of business leaders conducted by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They found that in an average of 18.2 years of professional work experience, a leader had been promoted 4.1 times, moved between internal positions 1.8 times and switched companies 3.5 times. Including departmental and geographic moves, there were 13.5 major transitions per leader which means a change almost every 1.3 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much ink has been spilled trying to cope with transitions. What does the Bible have to say about transitions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most drastic leadership transition in history occurs in the first chapter of Joshua. \u00a0Not only does this transition straddle the division between Torah and Prophets, but it also underscores the shift from Moses to Joshua. Who could <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">possibly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be the successor to Moses? Moses was the liberator, the advocate and the lawgiver. The Torah itself is called the \u2018Five Books of Moses.\u2019 No human being would ever be able to fill his shoes. Maimonides codifies this fact as one of the thirteen axioms of faith (principle 7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first chapter of Joshua,rather than underplay this fact, seems to emphasize it. Moses is mentioned no less than 11 times in this chapter of a mere 17 verses \u2013 compared to the 4 mentions of Joshua. Moses is also given the all-time greatest accolade \u2018servant of God\u2019 (verse 15). Whereas Joshua is merely dubbed the \u2018helper of Moses\u2019 (verse 1). It seems somewhat belittling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, ironically it may be precisely the opposite. This chapter teaches us the secret to great transitions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lesson of this chapter is to listen. Joshua spends more time listening than he does speaking. The first nine verses are God\u2019s mandate to Joshua. The last three verses the reassurance given by the tribes of Gad and Reuben to Joshua that he should be strong. That leaves only five short verses in the middle for Joshua to speak. In that short space all he does is to order the officers to get ready to move \u2013 as God commanded, and to remind the tribes of Reuben and Gad of their military condition \u2013 as Moses commanded. We do not even hear his own voice or policies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua is not cleaning deck. He is not defining his first 90 days through radical change. He starts by listening. 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