The H2 Leadership Podcast

Where do you need more clarity? The thing about clarity is that it works in opposition to overwhelm. And the more overwhelmed we become, the more clarity we lose which can lead to feeling stuck, lost, frustrated, and eventually even burnt out. On today's episode of our summer RE series, Alan and Jonathan take you through a process of Refocusing specific areas of your life and leadership in order to reduce overwhelm and increase clarity.

On today's episode Alan and Jonathan unpack why we need to pay attention to what we pay attention to. We'll look at the importance of reassessing the the things that drain us, the things that give us life, and how to find balance in the middle of these two extremes.

On today's bonus episode, we're taking a break from our summer series to tackle a crucial topic that our team has been focusing on and you should too. On todays episode, Alan looks at this idea of income vs. impact and why paying attention to both is important as a leader. He gets super practical and discusses why certain seasons may call you to focus less on pursuing greater income for a time in order to invest into those you lead so that they have a greater impact in their roles, lives, and leadership which creates a healthier team, organization, and can lead to even more income.

Deep work and creative blocks are important to your health and sustainability both in your personal life and your leadership. Many of us struggle to cultivate these spaces miss out on tremendous opportunities as a result. On today's episode of our Re; series, Alan and Jonathan are going to dive into the importance of rediscovering deep work and creative blocks, and how to implement them into our regular rhythms.

We hope you're enjoying our summer RE: podcast series. Each week we're bringing you on a guded journey to reinvest, rediscover, and reimagine your life and leadership so that you can continue to get healthy and reach sustainable impact. On today's BONUS episode, Alan has a great conversation with pastor author, and podcaster Jon Peacock about his new book Giant Killer; Winning The Battles That Matter Most. About Jon In 2010 a few friends and I set out on the journey to plant what is known today as Mission Church. The journey of leading and learning is one I want to continue for the rest of my life. From starting with 20 friends in my living room to now leading thousands, we’ve come a long way but we still have miles to go. I spend most of my time raising daughters, loving my wife, walking my dog, encouraging our staff, envisioning our people, and cooking for my neighbors on my Big Green Egg. I’m a regular guy who’s been captivated by a Redefining Church vision. I know where God has called me to go and stay; the neighborhood. I have the joy of leading alongside my bestie, Tommy Bowman. Check out his website to learn a whole lot more about what we mean by “redefining church”. Join me as I join Jesus on the greatest adventure of a lifetime..."next door as it is in Heaven". Connect with Jon Giant Killer Mission Church Podcast Website Instagram Facebook Twitter

Interruptions. They're all around us. They're bad, but also good. The problem is when we allow interruptions to overtake our schedules and distract us from things that matter. On today's episode, Alan and Jonathan are going to guide you through a process of identifying interruptions in your life and leadership, understanding the importance of margin and a rhythm of sabbath, and why we need these in our daily lives to continue getting healthy and reaching more sustainable impact.

Form and function exist in just about every facet of our life. From clothing, to technology, to automobiles, homes, etc. But what about our leadership? We place so much emphasis on the things we use everyday but what about ourselves? As we grow, our systems need to grow with us in order to continue living and leading from a posture of health. So when is it time to redesign your weekly rhythms? Interact with this weeks episode and find out. Get your Free weekly Planning Grid: send an email to [email protected]

The tension of the past and present is something we all navigate in our life and leadership. It's easy to be so forward focused that we lose sight of important facets of our lives and leadership and leave things behind that we need as we move forward. On the flip side, we can also hold on to things from our past that are no longer useful or beneficial. So what do you do? Join us as Alan and Jonathan guide you through part 2 of our summer series as we address the topic of reinventing. On this episode you'll be guided through a process of looking back at things you need to return to, things you need to let go of, and how to reinvent important areas of your life and leadership as you look ahead.

Welcome to summer and episode 1 of our guided podcast series. We've been planning this for about a year now and we're excited to finally kick off this series. On today's episode we're looking at what it looks like to reimagine innovation and change. Alan and Jonathan are going to guide you through this interactive episode with what it looks like to look back, diagnose what needs to be reimagined, the importance of cultivating inward, and finally, how to activate forward. Whether you're sitting on a beach somewhere, headed out for a run, a hike, or simply sitting and relaxing, we hope you take time to reinvest in your life and leadership with this interactive series.

This is the last podcast that will feel like our other 300 plus episodes for a while. We've been cooking up a summer podcast series for over a year now. We’re really excited about it because it’s different than anything we’ve ever done. It is a risk for us, but we take risks when we know that you guys need something else. You don't just need more information. You don't just need more good interviews. Although our interviews are great. Go back to our last episode and you'll hear some of our favorite highlights. We believe that you need an encounter and an experience with the living. God, we believe that there are some things that you need to reengage in your life and in your leadership and in your family. We also know it’s summer and summer brings travel, adventure, and experiences with different people, places, and spaces. And that’s where this interactive podcast series fits. We created it to accompany you as you spend time outside, on the road, or at the beach. Maybe you run, maybe you hike. Maybe it's time to just get back out in creation and sit on a rock or go lay in the woods in a hammock. So this is the intro of a summer podcast experience. That's right. A podcast experience, not just information. As a whole, we've all navigated tons of change. Change is always happening. Change is disorienting. The goal is really to help people take in the summer months, to slow down so that they can speed up in the fall.

We know you're busy and may not have time to catch every single episode so today we're bringing you a highlight reel of our favorite conversations so far in 2022. Alan and Jonathan each share 3 clips in this best of episode. Level your leadership Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Apply for Leap Year Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Check out the Right Side Up Journal

Once a month we host coaching calls for high capacity leaders in our Right Side Up Collective, a private community of like minded investing in their leadership in a way you wont find anywhere else. This months coaching call featured leadership and anxiety expert Steve Cuss. Steve unpacked the common types of anxiety leaders often carry, how to identify them in yourself and others, and how to take steps to reducing the anxiety we carry. This conversation is ripe with application and we wanted to share it with our podcast listeners. About Steve I cut my teeth on leadership anxiety when I served as a chaplain at a level one trauma hospital. The hospital sent us into every conceivable human experience and we had nothing but our wits and the presence of God to get us through. In that baptism of fire, I learned how to pay attention to what was going on under the surface of my own life, and also the dynamics between family members. I was steeped in family systems theory and then later studied cybernetics in graduate school. My unique experience and training deepened my leadership capacity to mange anxiety and notice it in groups. Since 2005, I have served as Lead Pastor of Discovery Christian Church in Broomfield, Colorado, an innovative and entrepreneurial church that has grown from 150 to more than 1000 in weekly attendance. The church intentionally welcomes spiritual seekers and skeptics and is passionate about partnerships that break the local and global poverty cycle. I have also served at a mega church in Las Vegas, on a ranch for teens struggling with life issues, and as a youth minister in the Appalachian region. I was privileged to grow up in Perth, Western Australia, in an adventurous family of origin. After moving to the United States for theological study, I married Lisa and together we have two sons and a daughter, in whom I take great delight. When I am not working, you can find me laughing with my family, knee-deep in a trout stream, or trying a guitar I cannot afford at a local music store. Connect with Steve www.stevecusswords.com Level your leadership Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Apply for Leap Year Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Check out the Right Side Up Journal

Jonathan recently had a conversation on the community and purpose podcast about advice giving versus taking the posture of a guide. Neither are bad and there is a time for both but because our culture is so fast paced, we often miss golden opportunities to guide someone toward major transformation because we only opened the doorway with advice where we could have walked them through it. Level your leadership Apply for Leap Year Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Alan interviews High power executive, coach and author Jaime Villalovas. Jaime shares how she balances leading companies, being a mom of 4 and inspiring people around the globe. She shares her story and a helpful grid for how to filter your opportunities. About Jaime Jaime Villalovos grew up in rural Montana, the oldest of six kids. After she graduated high school, she moved to California, where she met her husband, Shawn. Together, they became successful entrepreneurs and she was a seven-figure earner before the age of 30. They are active philanthropists, serving on the board of the All For One foundation, as well as antibullying and children’s wellness organizations. They are also very active in their community. Their passion is to help people reach their biggest goals while finding true happiness. They currently live in Southern California with their four children. Jaime loves reading, working out, and traveling the world on fun adventures with her family. The Happy & Strong mission is to touch 100 million lives through the education, philanthropy, and leadership efforts of Jaime and Shawn’s team. Connect with Jaime Book Website Instagram Level your leadership Apply for Leap Year Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

You’ve got a burning passion to change the world. You have ideas that you dream to release into the world, to make them a reality but how do you do it without stalling out, getting stuck, Or becoming Overwhelmed. On today's episode, Alan unpacks an idea he's had for quite sometime that we created to help people launch their ideas and dreams into realities that change the world. It's a process that combines everything we do at stay forth designs into one unique pathway. Level your leadership Apply for Leap Year Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Alan brings you inside a recent trip to Europe and shares 4 reasons why community matters and why we all need to be part of a community. Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Alan has a fascinating conversation with social entrepreneur Deanna Singh who has launched several companies and social enterprises. We talk about the future of work, what needs to change and how we can become more inclusive. Check out her new book Actions Speak Louder About Deanna Deanna Singh is recognized as a leading authority in building innovative opportunities within underserved communities. As Chief Change Agent and Founder of Flying Elephant, Deanna is a highly respected thought leader, who has spent almost 20 years researching, designing and building asset-based solutions to complex social challenges. Today she travels the world inspiring and educating audiences. A gifted communicator, entrepreneurial businesswoman, and trailblazer Deanna’s interactive style combines personal stories with authenticity, vulnerability, and humor that takes the audience on a journey of self-discovery. Connect with Deanna Website Book: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Jonathan sits down with Stay Forth Coach and Director of Alignment, Mat Gahm for a practical conversation about limiting beliefs. Mat discusses how to identify them, and offers practical steps to dismantle them. Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Pastor, speaker and author Wayne Francis talks with Alan about his book, his life and the challenges of speaking up too loud... or not at all on the issue of race. We highly encourage you to listen to this one with your team and pick up his book God and Race About Wayne Wayne Francis leads the New York City location of The Life Church and was the founder and lead pastor of the former Authentic Church, which merged with The Life Church in early 2020. Wayne and his wife, Claudene, have been married for twenty years and have two beautiful teenage daughters, Haleigh and Ryleigh. Connect with Wayne Book Webiste Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Alan chats with mom, entrepreneur and thought leader Tanya Dalton about why we're doing so many things and how to declutter our lives. About Tanya Often described as a mix between Brené Brown and Stephen Covey, Tanya Dalton is a best-selling author, speaker, and nationally recognized productivity expert. Tanya serves as a growth strategist for female leaders. Her highly anticipated second book, On Purpose: The Busy Woman’s Guide to an Extraordinary Life of Meaning and Success, will be on sale on October 12, 2021. In addition to having her first book, The Joy of Missing Out, being named one of the Top 10 Business Books of the year by Fortune Magazine, Tanya’s podcast, The Intentional Advantage has received millions of downloads from listeners around the world. She is also a featured expert on several networks including NBC and Fox and is a VIP contributor for Entrepreneur.com. Tanya has been featured in some of the world’s leading publications including Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, and Real Simple. She has been awarded the elite Enterprising Women Award and has been named the Female Entrepreneur to Watch for the state of North Carolina. Tanya is also the founder and CEO of inkWELL Press Productivity Co. a multi-million dollar company providing tools that work as a catalyst in helping women do less while achieving maximum success. Connect with Tanya Website Intentional Advantage Podcast with Tanya Dalton Books Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

We got into our roles to say YES to people, yet the key for many leaders to go to the next level of impact is saying NO to the barrage of mediocre and even good things in life and leadership. On today's episode, Alan covers why saying NO is crucial for changing the trajectory of your leadership and how to do it in a way that educates and honors people. Level your leadership Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining Right Side Up Collective Check out the Right Side Up Journal

On today's episode, consultant, coach, professor and author Bryan Sims shares the REAL challenges with leading alone vs leading together and even gives Alan consulting feedback on the team challenges Stay Forth is facing. This is a longer episode, but a very practical one. About Bryan Bryan is a pioneer, coach, writer, and professor. He has worked since 2001 as a Leadership and Organizational Change Coach with Spiritual Leadership, Inc. (SLI) where he has trained and coached leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. He has coached in Anglican, Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Baptist, Presbyterian, and non-denominational settings. In his work with SLI, he also serves in leadership with the Movement Leaders Collective. Bryan has also been a professor of leadership at Asbury Theological Seminary since 2011. His teaching expertise relates to team leadership, equipping, leading change, adaptive spiritual leadership, and the link between leadership and discipleship. Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003) and has a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009). He is author of "Leading Together: The Holy Possibility of Harmony and Synergy in the Face of Change" (100Movements Publishing, 2022) and has authored a chapter in "Leadership the Wesleyan Way" (Emeth Press, 2016). He and his wife MyLinda have been happily married since 1997 and have four children: Isaiah, Luke, Silas, and Lydia. They live in Dallas, Texas. Connect with Bryan Book: Leading Together: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q3L5KGH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 For questions or interest in coaching, www.spiritual-leadership.org. For Resources resources at www.bryandsims.com. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

Leadership is hard. The challenges and questions associated with leading well are wide ranging. For example, how do you lead a team or organization that you didn't start? On today's episode, Alan talks with consultant and writer Tyler Reagin about how to navigate the challenges of leading a team or organization you didn't start About Tyler Tyler Reagin is an author the founder and CEO of The Life Giving Company. He was the President of Catalyst, a leadership development organization that exists to unify and equip leaders who love the Church through resources and experiential events. Prior to leading the charge at Catalyst, Tyler served for seven years under the leadership of Andy Stanley as the Service Programming Director of Browns Bridge Community Church (a campus of North Point Ministries). Whether you are leading a team of 2 or 200 there is much to be gleaned from this episode. Connect with Tyler The Life Giving Leader Facebook Instagram tylerreagin.com The Life Giving Company Take your next right step Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Journal

As we conclude out series on a dozen axioms that will change your life, Alan offers a summary of each axiom in today's episode. We want to encourage you to go back and listen to these again and even share them with friends, colleagues, and those you lead. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with pastor and leader Mark Johnston about disorientation and why it's part of our life and leadership journey. About Mark is the founder and lead pastor of The Journey. He and his wife Susie have two kids, Madeline and Conner. Fueled by a passion to reach unchurched people, Mark and Susie began The Journey in 2007, creating an engaging community of faith where people can experience the life-giving message of Jesus. In addition to his role at The Journey, Mark partners with the Association of Related Churches to coach pastors and leaders nationwide, providing insight on church growth, organizational structure, and leadership. Outside of pouring his passion into ministry, Mark likes to ski, drive, play golf, and enjoys exploring new places with his family. Also, he once climbed a mountain. (If you get a chance, ask him about that – he’s always happy to describe it.) Connect with Mark Website Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

Leaders are constantly pulled between tasks and people. This is normal. In fact, many definitions of leadership involve the idea of getting tasks done through people. This tension between tasks and people is one of the hardest tensions leaders live in, and I believe it’s gotten harder in recent years. On today's episode, Alan digs into the tension of being accessible versus available and why it's so important for your life and leadership to understand the difference. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

Have you ever considered the ease with which you can access information or connect with someone hundreds, even thousands of miles away? Technology is an amazing tool that affords us the ability to do some pretty incredible things. The technology landscape is changing though, and whenever we experience change, a level of fear and uncertainty comes with it. On today's episode, Alan sits down with Garrett Gerhart, who serves as communications pastor at Life Bible Fellowship Church in Upland California. Alan and Garrett have a great conversation about The MetaVerse, Technology, and the dangers and opportunities that come with them. Connect with Garrett Facebook Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

What got you into your current role? Charisma? Connections? Hard work? Competency? A head start? Brilliant ideas? Natural gifting? A great interview? Something got you where you are, but it won’t get you where you want to go. It was helpful, but it won’t be sufficient. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On Today's episode, Alan sits down with Pastor, speaker, and author for a conversation about the power of place, stability and roots when it comes to our life and leadership. About Daniel Daniel Grothe is the associate senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a pastor, speaker, drummer, and author of the book Chasing Wisdom. Daniel and his wife, Lisa, live on a small hobby farm outside of Colorado Springs with their three children: Lillian, Wilson, and Wakley. Connect with Daniel New Life Church Pick up Chasing Wisdom www.DanielGrothe.com www.ChasingWisdomBook.com social media at @mrdanielgrothe. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, we continue in our Dozen Axiom series with a conversation around the importance of consistently showing your work. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan sits down with Pastor and Author Sean Nemecek for a much needed conversation about pastoral burnout, criticism, and sabbaticals for pastors. Sean shares part of his own story about burnout and why he cares so deeply for helping pastors navigate burnout and into a place of healthy leadership. About Sean Nemecek Sean is the West Michigan Regional Director for Pastor-in-Residence Ministries (pirministires.org). He also writes a blog called The Pastor’s Soul (pastorsoul.com) and is a co-host for the Hope Renewed podcast. Before joining PIR, Sean served as a pastor in a local church for almost 18 years. As a third-generation pastor, he loves to serve pastors in the areas of personal soul care, leadership, and consulting and workshops for churches or leadership teams. Connect with Sean Website Books Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

One of the greatest challenges for leaders is discerning who should get their time. We want to help everyone, but, at some point, we all realize we cannot and should not say yes to every request. If we are not laser focused on our discernment of time requests we find ourselves trying to chase some of those people down. Many times they have no desire to change or grow, but they want something from us, so we invest in them anyway. It’s crucial for us to remember that only the hungry change. It cannot be forced. Why do we do chase people down even when they aren’t hungry to change? Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan talks with Mark and Sarah Adams about how coaching transformed their life and leadreship and helped serve as a catalyst for their own coaching with married couples. Next Alan sits down with Leaders from to amazing organizations, Forge America and Communitas International for a discussion about reimagining communities of faith. About Forge America From day one, we set out to help people learn how to be a sign, instrument and foretaste of the coming kingdom. As a servant to local church Forge has always played a role in re-imagining and re-shaping the church to engage the communities, neighborhoods, apartments, campuses, workspaces, and third places people exist. About Communitas International Communitas International is a community of diverse, yet like-minded individuals who want to see the church think, care and act like Jesus in this world. Connect with Forge America Website Connect with Communitas International Website Connect with Mark and Sarah Adams Email: [email protected] Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

Many leaders are living muted. They are straddling these two gray zones of struggle and joy. Putting out fires. Serving the organization. Doing the same thing each week wondering if they are having an impact. Not truly living, just existing. Is this you? On today's episode, Alan comes with an invitation to do something revolutionary; pay attention to what you pay attention to. it feels unnatural, wrong, selfish, tiring. If you invest a little time to do this you’ll be glad you did. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan sits down with Brian Sanders for an interview about life, calling, and the two are dynamic and not static. About Brian As a social entrepreneur, Brian has helped to start hundreds of missional enterprises, including churches, nonprofits, and businesses all over the world. Most notably, Brian is the founder and former Executive Director of the Underground Network; an international fellowship of microchurch incubators creating city based ecosystems of faith, creativity and empowered social enterprise. Connect with Brian Books Twitter Instagram Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

If you find yourself overwhelmed it turns out you’re normal, but you can’t stay there. Our culture seems to be stumbling drunk from a strange concoction of insecurity, overwork and boredom. If we don’t learn how to resist this we’ll fall in either the ditch of overwhelm or underwhelm. Without knowing it I think we’re all asking a core but silent question deep in our hearts, “How do I get whelmed?” Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

It's almost March, and if you're like most people, the newness and excitement for your goals you passionately set back in January is starting to wear off. What do you do when you start to question whether or not you can actually achieve your goals? On today's episode, Alan Briggs and Jonathan Collier get super practical with a conversation about the importance of re-establishing your habits and revisiting your goals. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

Have you ever met one of those people who seems to live at a different frequency? They go hard in life, with their family and at work, but they seem deeply fulfilled. They know themselves, so they have a pretty good grip on saying no. They’re life seems to weave together in intentional ways, and they still have margin. These folks are living from their unique design. On today's episode, Alan unpacks what it means to live and lead from your unique design. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan has a great interview with Nancy Ortberg about spiritual disciplines and why there may be a better term simply a discipline. About Nancy Nancy Ortberg served as a teaching pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. During that time she led Network, a ministry that helps people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, a weekly gathering for the eighteen- to twenty-something generation. She is a founding partner of Teamworx 2, a business and leadership consulting firm that provides fast-paced, practical, and compelling sessions to leaders and their teams. Teamworx 2 works with businesses, schools, nonprofits, and churches to address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork. Nancy is a gifted communicator who is passionate about helping people connect what they believe with their everyday lives. She is currently the CEO of Transforming the Bay with Christ, a non-profit organization working to catalyze a holistic gospel movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nancy is the author of Looking for God: An Unexpected Journey through tattoos, tofu, & pronouns and Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands, lessons in non-linear leadership. She and her husband, John, live in the Bay Area and have three children. Connect with Nancy Website Book Podcast Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

Scripture is clear that who we are matters more than what we do (but, of course, what we do should begin to align with who we are). Ephesians says we are God’s workmanship (think poem, song, painting) before we have work to do. Jesus describes a healthy tree that bears healthy fruit because it has healthy roots. Our identity as daughters and sons is more important than our impact as leaders. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode Alan has a great conversation speaker, author, and entrepreneur, Lathan Craft about his story, and passion to help people find meaning in the messiest seasons of life. About Lathan At Lathan Craft, we know that you want to live a life of meaning. In order to do that, you need a way to help navigate the mess that life can throw your way. The problem is sometimes it’s too hard to pick your head up enough to breathe, let alone see a way forward. All in all, it’s far too easy to feel trapped and insignificant. I believe you should have a chance to find deep and fruitful meaning in your life. I get it, I’ve lived a life of mess and confusion before. I knew a change had to happen which is why for the last # of years I’ve built pathways for others to find their own sense of meaning. Connect with Lathan www.lathancraft.com Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

Here’s a morbid question; how many ideas are buried in your local graveyard? Some of the best ideas, potentially life-changing ideas, die with people. Why? Fear kept them buried inside. Fear convinces us we should never start. It whispers to us, “Who are you to do THIS? What right do you have? Would anyone even care about this?” It paralyzes us into indecision and procrastination. If you’re waiting for the perfect time or the perfect draft you’ll never start your big idea. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with author, entrepreneur and leadership expert, Matt Shoup about why leading with vulnerability is important. Alan also has a conversation with a coaching client about how coaching is helping him find health and sustainable impact in his context. About Matt In March of 2005, Matt was laid off from a corporate banking job that he absolutely hated. Matt quickly founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to his name, all while being close to $200,000 in personal debt. M & E Painting grew quickly, and has produced over $30 million dollars in revenue since 2005. Matt and M & E Painting have received dozens of local, state, national and international business awards. M & E Painting was named one of the Unites States Top Small Workplaces by Inc Magazine and Winning Workplaces in 2011, one of Colorado's Top 250 Private Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2010, made the INC 5000 List (#1724) of Fastest Growing Companies in the United States in 2010, and received the Northern Colorado Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Business Ethics in 2017. Matt was named one Colorado Biz Magazine's Top Five Most Influential Young Professionals (2010), one of 40 Under 40 Top Business Leaders by the Northern Colorado Business Report (2013), and received the Colorado State University (CSU) Gold Award being named Alumni of the Last Decade (2012). Fast forward 16 years. Matt has become a debt free multimillionaire, having personally founded 7 more successful companies and grown them all from the ground up. All of these companies are being run by extraordinary people! Along the way, Matt wrote his first book, co-invented and patented a texture product, received his Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt, traveled the world, raised an amazing family, learned to perfect cooking Spanish paella, and has enjoyed pouring into the lives of innumerable entrepreneurs and small business leaders, all while alway enjoying countless cups of Spanish coffee (café con leche). Watch these videos below that share more of the details of Matt's entrepreneurial and leadership journey. Connect with Matt Website Twitter Instagram YouTube Email About Jason Groves and Refuge Ranch Website Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

Leaders must create filters for what they let in and what they let out. This includes content we ingest, travel opportunities, tasks we accept and regular meetings. The best way to get your life back is to revisit your priorities and make decisions based on them. You will disappoint people eventually, I recommend doing it proactively. Good opportunities are everywhere, and are blocking you from amazing opportunities down the road. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan and Jonathan make a big announcement that you don't want to miss. We are helping leaders like you get healthy and reach sustainable impact. The number of decisions you have to make in the course of a week are real and things like decision fatigue and overwhelm seem to lurk around every corner. We understand these complexities and know the importance of coaching and continued leadership development. And so we've been thinking for a while now about creating a space that fits between The Right Side Up Collective and our one-on-one coaching. After a lot of intentional thought and planning what we came up with is the Right Side Up Collective. The Right Side Up Collective is a Like-hearted community, with life-giving content and relevant group coaching that helps you stay healthy on the leadership journey. The why is simple, to help hungry Kingdom leaders navigate crucial areas of their life and leadership in a way they won't find anywhere else through like-hearted community, life-giving content, and relevant group coaching. It’s like ongoing leadership coaching meets an all access pass to a digital summit. The Right Side Up Collective will open in March so stay tuned for important details that we will be releasing through the Right Side Up Community over on Facebook. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

You pop out of bed on Monday feeling frantic. You’re ten minutes behind because you hit snooze and the anxiety is pumping through your veins. The week ahead is looming over you. You scroll through your emails, pop into Instagram and scramble to pick out your clothes. You pull the kids out of bed and race around the kitchen helping them pack their lunches. After all the chaos at home you get to the office ten minutes late. You’re behind. Again. Resource to consult We designed the Right Side up Journal to help you make the shift from reactive life and leadership to proactive life and leadership. We created a short tutorial video and long tutorial video to help you best utilize this. Questions to answer What micro decisions can you look ahead and make proactively every day? What larger decisions are approaching that you can make now? What tool/s will help you plan ahead? (Of course, we recommend the Right Side up Journal, and this is exactly why we created it) Level your leadership in 2022 Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

What do you do when you don’t know what to do? The answer is a little different for all of us, but when we don’t know what to do most forward-thinking leaders just do something. Start something. Work on something. Read something. Get busy doing something. It seems our culture is completing wrapped up in busyness, and I believe much of that stems from a lack of clarity. Activity is not the some as productivity. We need to figure out what the right things are. That is effectiveness; discerning and doing the right things. That is completely different from doing all the things. The efficiency of doing all the things without focusing on effectiveness to do the right things will only lead to overwhelm, burnout and futility. I heard a quote many years ago that haunts me; Unsure of our direction we double our speed. While we all get paralysis from time to time many of us leaders have the bad habit of going faster when we don’t know where we’re doing. When we do this we are leading from insecurity. Eugene Peterson used to say, “A busy pastor is a lazy pastor”. I think that’s true for all of us. Much of our busyness is actually a fruit of our laziness to discern the right things and say no to everything else. At least once a day I say this crucial phrase to an overwhelmed coaching client; clarity UP, overwhelm DOWN. Clarity and overwhelm have an inverse relationship. Imagine two sandbags stretched over a pulley. When clarity goes up overwhelm naturally goes down. The simple act of finding clarity has the ability to clear the fog of overwhelm. Overwhelm cripples our ability to make healthy decisions for us, our families, our teams and our organizations. Leave it too long and it festers into burnout, quitting or letting your life bring your along for the ride. Clarity is a game changer. Level your leadership in 2022 Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

This is a crucial episode that we wanted to share with you again. Understanding what drives and drains you is so crucial if you want to lead from a posture of health. In this episode Alan talks to another leadership coach and consultant about why knowing what drives and drains you is crucial if you want to become a leaders worth following. About Chris Chris Coultas serves as Vice President, Product Innovation, at Leadership Worth Following, LLC. In this capacity, Chris focuses heavily on data management and infrastructure, process improvement, predictive talent analytics, new product development, and cutting-edge research in the fields of leadership, assessment, development, coaching, and talent management. Much of his research focuses on the intersection of values, cognition, teamwork, and leadership. Most recently, he has led a firm-wide initiative to develop a proprietary tool for assessing drivers, motives, and values in leadership. Since joining LWF, Chris has built an expanding team of researchers and analysts and has overseen key hires in these areas. Additionally, he is responsible for developing and leveraging our Science Advisory Board for key insights, wisdom, and guidance. In his role as a consultant, Chris conducts remote and in-person leadership assessments at a variety of organizational levels, ranging from manager to executive, in a variety of industries (e.g., Manufacturing, Retail, Financial Services). He leverages tools such as 360-degree feedback, client interviews, assessment centers, and psychometrics to provide data-driven insights into leaders’ strengths, opportunities, motivators, and blind spots. Additionally, Chris has designed and delivered several workshops that incorporate recent research into the role that leadership values have on outcomes such as personal brand, engagement, customer service, collaboration, and organizational culture. Connect with Chris Driven Not Drained Twitter Level your leadership in 2022 Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan has chats with Author and Leadership Practitioner Clay Scroggins about why yesterday's leadership style has changed and no longer works. About Clay Clay is the best-selling author of How To Lead When You’re Not In Charge, and How To Lead In A World of Distraction. For over two decades he worked at North Point Ministries, starting as a facilities intern (a.k.a. vice president of nothing) and eventually becoming the lead pastor of their largest campus. Clay is now a sought-after leadership speaker, engaging audiences that include the Atlanta Hawks, Mercedes Benz, Chick-fil-A, Federal Reserve Bank, and Terminus. Clay graduated from Georgia Tech with an Industrial Engineering Degree and continued on to acquire a Masters and Doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary. Connect with Clay Website Books Facebook Twitter Instagram Level your leadership in 2022 Purchase a Right Side Up Journal https://www.rightsideupjournal.com Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session https://form.jotform.com/212656762431153 Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/rsulc

On today's episode, Coach and author Michael Sahota talks candidly about how most organizations unknowingly oppress their employees with top-down leadership. The posture toward conventional leadership systems is intense, but warranted and timely. About Michael Michael K Sahota is a Speaker, Trainer, & Consultant on Evolutionary Leadership. He is the founder and CEO of SHIFT314 Inc - a boutique training and consulting organization that specializes in the organizational, cultural and leadership shifts needed to unlock success with Agile, Digital, Lean, etc. Michael is the co-creator of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework™ (SELF) that provides practical step-by-step for the inner and outer shifts needed to unlock Business Agility, Teal and other new ways of working. Michael has trained thousands of leaders worldwide through his highly accoladed Certified Agile Leadership Training. Since 2001, Michael has been guiding success with Agile. As a thought leader, in 2012, he published the ground-breaking book "An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide: Working with Organizational Culture". In 2018, he published “Emotional Science: The Key to High Performance”. Michael published “Leading Beyond Change” Aug 2021. His vision is to support the evolution of leadership capabilities that can create change and impact on a global scale Connect with Michael Books Website Twitter Level your leadership in 2022 Purchase a Right Side Up Journal https://www.rightsideupjournal.com Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session https://form.jotform.com/212656762431153 Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/rsulc