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The Last Person in the Room

A webinar for faith-driven leaders who have built something worth protecting and have never stopped to ask what happens when they step out of the room

Hosted by Joshua Updegraff, Founder Kingdom Planning

With over 15 years in leadership and project management experience, I have sat with pastors, founders, and organizational leaders who carry more than one person was ever designed to carry. The question I keep coming back to is not whether they are faithful. It is whether what they have built will remain faithful when they are no longer the one holding it together. That is what this conversation is about.

In this webinar we will cover

The Hidden Weight of Being Indispensable

Most organizations do not develop a key person dependency because of poor leadership. They develop it because one person kept showing up, kept making things happen, and the organization quietly built itself around them. We will look at how this pattern forms, why it is so hard to see from the inside, and what it costs when it finally surfaces.

When Faithfulness Looks Like Control

In faith-driven organizations, the instinct to stay close to the mission can quietly become over-centralization. We will examine the difference between faithful presence and structural fragility, and why the two can look identical until something goes wrong.

Building Something That Outlasts You

This is not a succession planning conversation. It is a stewardship conversation. We will cover three practical starting points for distributing what currently only runs through you, so that the mission you carry is still standing long after you step back.

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When: September 17, 2026 @ 6:00 PM EST
Where: Private Zoom Call

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Phone: 724-605-6277

Email: UpdegraffJ@KingdomPlanning.org

 

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