If you feel frustrated, disappointed, or stuck right now, you’re not broken – you’re human. The real question isn’t “What’s wrong with me?” It’s “What needs to change, and how do I actually change it?”

In this solo episode, Alan unpacks a simple but powerful idea: only the hungry change. You can’t force your kids to change, your team to change, or your friends to change. You can barely force yourself to change. But when hunger meets a clear process, transformation becomes possible.

Alan walks through a practical framework he calls the Wheel of Transformation – moving from new awareness, to new actions, to new rhythms. He shares personal stories about getting called out on weak hamstrings, losing steam on his goals, and how small, consistent steps have led to real change over time.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve tried to fix the same thing a hundred times and you’re still stuck, this episode will give you language, hope, and a concrete path forward.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why frustration and disappointment are usually gaps in expectation, not signs that you’re failing

• What it means that “only the hungry change” – and how to honestly assess your own hunger

• How new awareness (internal or external feedback) is the first step toward real change

• Why information alone is not enough – and what has to come after clarity

• How to move from awareness to new actions through courage and small next right steps

• Why the real transformation happens when new actions become new rhythms

• Where most leaders stumble: trying to change without community, accountability, or a clear process

• How coaching, tools, and simple calendars can help you build consistency instead of chasing quick fixes

Key ideas and phrases

• “Only the hungry change. Hunger is the currency of change.”

• “Information isn’t bad. It’s just not enough.”

• “New awareness → new actions → new rhythms.”

• “Great leaders aren’t the ones who take one big step; they’re the ones who keep taking their next right step.”

Resources and next steps

• Wheel of Transformation Tool
  Want a simple visual tool to help you walk through this process? Request the Wheel of Transformation and we’ll send it to you.
  → Visit h2leadership.com and use the contact form to ask for the Wheel of Transformation tool.

• Breakthrough Coaching Session
  If you feel stuck in one area of life or leadership and need clarity on your next right step, you can request a free 30-minute breakthrough coaching session with our team.
  → Learn more and reach out at www.h2leadership.com.

You can have a compelling mission and a sharp strategy, but if your culture is unhealthy or unclear, your team will stay stuck.

In this episode, Alan sits down with culture coach and author Jenni Catron to unpack why culture matters more than we think and how clarity becomes the foundation for trust, engagement, and healthy growth.

Jenni shares her own journey from the music industry into executive church leadership, and the jarring contrast between a life-giving culture and a toxic one. She explains why leaders can’t just “hope” for a great environment – they need a plan to build it with intention.

They talk about the signs your culture is drifting, why people often go quiet long before they quit, how to invite honest feedback without losing your voice as a leader, and why patience and persistence are essential when you start changing long-standing patterns on your team.

If you lead a staff, a volunteer team, or you’re trying to rebuild a culture you inherited, this conversation will give you language, practical steps, and hope.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why great culture is really about clarity of who you are and how you work together

• How the environment leaders create can make or break team engagement

• The subtle warning signs your team has stopped believing their voice matters

• How to ask for feedback when some decisions aren’t actually up for debate

• Why culture change takes 6–12 months of patience and persistence

• Simple rhythms (meetings, one-on-ones, shout-outs) that reinforce a healthy culture over time

Healthy and high-impact leadership doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in cultures that are clear, honest, and aligned around the mission. This episode will help you take your next step in building that kind of environment.

Jenni is the author of several books including Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence and The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership. She loves a fabulous cup of tea, great books, learning the game of tennis and hiking with her husband. Jenni can be found on social media at @jennicatron and at www.get4sight.com.

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Most leaders expect failure to be hard — but no one warns us how disorienting success can be. In today’s episode, Alan Briggs takes us inside a live leadership session and unpacks the real, often hidden challenges that come with growth: fulfillment gaps, maturity barriers, identity drift, disorientation, burnout, and the pressure of everyone wanting a piece of your time.

But this conversation isn’t about fear. It’s about forming the kind of roots that can sustain real fruit.

Alan shares practical insights on:

• Why success often feels emptier than we expect

• The surprising truth that what got you here won’t get you there

• How success multiplies options, noise, and expectations

• Why leaders lose honest feedback when they gain influence

• The difference between external fruit and internal roots

• The identity dreams every healthy leader should define

• How to build a life that matches the person you’re becoming

• What it takes to grow without losing yourself, your family, or your soul

If you’re leading a team, building a company, or navigating a season of rapid growth, this episode gives you a framework to name what’s happening beneath the surface — and an invitation to design a healthier, more intentional way to live and lead.

Key Takeaways

• Success reveals weaknesses success created.

• Leaders need pre-made filters to protect their time and energy.

• Roots = identity, health, and formation. Fruits = visible impact.

• Without strong roots, success will topple you like a pine tree in a storm.

• Identity dreams > traditional goals.

• Investment always feels like loss before it feels like growth.

• Healthy leaders design their lives on purpose — not in reaction.

Resources

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• Learn more about H2 Coaching: https://www.h2leadership.com

• Get Alan’s book “Anti-Burnout”: https://a.co/d/9Xzn5mJ

• Follow the H2 Leadership Podcast: https://www.h2leadershippodcast.com

If this episode resonated, share it with a leader who needs it — and leave a quick rating or review so more leaders can discover the show.

Great leaders don’t just give answers. They ask better questions. J.R. Briggs joins Alan to unpack how curiosity, coaching questions, and practical reflection rhythms build trust, unlock growth, and transform teams.

Episode Summary:
If you’ve ever left a conversation wishing you’d asked a better question, this episode is for you. J.R. Briggs shares the mindsets and mechanics behind powerful questions at work, at home, in faith, and why leaders who cultivate curiosity build healthier, higher-impact teams. We explore obstacles like expertise traps, speed, and “question deserts,” then get tactical with preparation prompts, in-the-moment practices, and post-conversation reflection.

You’ll Learn:
• The difference between clarity questions and connection questions
• Practical coaching prompts: trade-offs, the capital-C Challenge, and “what do you really want?”
• How one courageous question (Darryl Davis) can disarm hostility
• A repeatable rhythm to prepare, participate, and reflect after conversations
• How asking better questions reduces decision fatigue and builds trust

Key Quote:
“Questions are pre-made decisions that make the moment simple.”

Giveaway:
Ask J.R. your question and enter to win his new book. Email hello@h2leadership.com with subject line “Question for JR.”

Links:

• H2 Leadership: h2leadership.com
• Email your question: hello@h2leadership.com
• The Art of Asking Better Questions

Most leaders don’t fail because of a lack of ideas... they fail because those ideas never leave their heads.

In this episode, Alan Briggs helps leaders make the crucial shift from intuitive to intentional, showing how to build systems and filters that multiply impact and prevent burnout. If your team constantly depends on you for decisions, it’s time to get what’s in your head into theirs — so your organization can grow beyond your personal capacity.

Alan unpacks insights from the middle of his book, Anti-Burnout: A Lighter Way to Live and Lead in a Heavy World, and breaks down a practical process that will help you lead more effectively without carrying it all alone.

What You’ll Learn

• Why your best ideas and decisions shouldn’t stay in your head

• The three essentials for moving from intuitive to intentional: process, courage, and trust

• How to clarify your vision, mission, and values so your team can act without hesitation

• The four H filters every leader needs (humble, hungry, honest, high-capacity)

• How to reduce decision fatigue and build simple, repeatable decision-making filters

• Why slowing down, documenting, and delegating is an investment, not a setback

• How releasing control can actually expand your influence and create new space for creativity

Key Quote

“Filters are pre-made decisions that make decision-making in the moment simple.”

Resources Mentioned

• Book: Anti-Burnout: A Lighter Way to Live and Lead in a Heavy World by Alan Briggs

• Learn more about H2 Leadership: www.h2leadership.com

• Schedule a Breakthrough Coaching Session: h2leadership.com/#breakthrough

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Every leader has that project...The one that’s been sitting on your list for months (or years) because you don’t know where to start. In today’s episode, Alan breaks down a simple but powerful 3-step framework to help you get unstuck and finally take action on the work that matters most.

Whether you’re writing a book, launching a new initiative, creating a new offering, or trying to push a big idea across the finish line, this episode gives you a proven path forward rooted in clarity, momentum, and healthy leadership practices.

This teaching comes directly from the H2 coaching process and aligns with the principles in Alan’s book Anti-Burnout: A Lighter Way to Live and Lead in a Heavy World.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why feeling stuck is not a leadership flaw—it’s a signal

• The first mindset shift required to create movement

• The exact 3 questions you must ask to break through resistance

• How healthy leaders use who and how to move faster—with less stress

• A practical way to break down overwhelming projects into actionable next steps

Three Questions to Get You Unstuck

1. Who can help me?

2. How can I do this more lightly (not harder)?

3. What smaller chunks can I break this into?

Resources Mentioned

• Anti-Burnout: A Lighter Way to Live and Lead in a Heavy World by Alan Briggs

• Coaching with H2 Leadership – Learn more at H2Leadership.com

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Chapters / Timestamps

• 00:00 – Why every leader gets stuck

• 02:40 – The difference between feeling stuck and being stuck

• 04:15 – Step 1: Naming the project

• 05:30 – Question #1: Who can help me?

• 07:45 – Question #2: How can I do this more lightly?

• 09:50 – Question #3: Break it into chunks

• 12:00 – Final leadership challenge & call to action

Legacy isn’t what you leave—it’s what you set in motion.
In this conversation, David Green (Founder & CEO of Hobby Lobby) and Bill High (CEO of Legacy Stone) share insights from their new book, Legacy Life: Leading Your Family to Make a Difference for Eternity.

Together they unpack how to think beyond success and retirement to build something that outlives you—faith, family, and purpose that multiplies through generations.

What You’ll Learn

• What inspired Legacy Life and why legacy is a system, not a season

• The key difference between legacy and generosity

• Why retirement isn’t the finish line for leaders of faith

• How to clarify your identity, calling, and assignment

• The practical process to write your family vision, mission, and values

• Why storytelling is vital for passing down faith and wisdom

• A simple model for repairing conflict and celebrating progress

• The mindset of a 100-year leader and how to start now

Episode Chapters

01:06 – The story behind Legacy Life
03:34 – Rethinking retirement: calling never expires
07:36 – Legacy vs. generosity: why generosity is a symptom
10:21 – Inheritance vs. legacy: passing on what truly lasts
12:15 – Creating family vision, mission, and values
17:27 – Setting legacy in motion (not leaving it behind)
22:09 – Simple steps to start your family legacy plan
26:22 – Why storytelling keeps generations connected
29:58 – Repairing the past and celebrating progress
32:26 – The 100-year family mindset
36:20 – Final takeaways: eternal impact through intentional living

Guests

David Green — Founder & CEO, Hobby Lobby
Bill High — CEO, Legacy Stone; co-author of Legacy Life: Leading Your Family to Make a Difference for Eternity

Resources & Links

• 📘 Legacy Life — [https://a.co/d/1vS943R]

• Legacy Stone — https://www.legacystone.com/about

• Hobby Lobby — [hobbylobby.com]

• Learn more at [h2leadership.com]

If this episode challenged or encouraged you, share it with one person you respect—and take 20 minutes this week to write down your family’s top five values. Legacy begins there.

Misalignment sneaks up slowly—and it’s expensive. When your life, work, or team drifts out of alignment, you start feeling it: fatigue, frustration, disconnection, and eventually burnout. In this episode, Alan unpacks how to spot misalignment early and realign your wiring, your purpose, and your team before things break down.

You’ll hear:

• The story of a coaching client who ignored the “alignment rumble” too long

• Why wiring, purpose, and team are the three biggest alignment zones

• How to use the Working Genius Assessment to clarify your design

• The Drains & Fills exercise to reclaim energy and focus

• A simple Pacing Check to make sure your speed matches your team’s capacity

• Two reflection questions to realign your work this week

“You will hit potholes. You will need realignment. It’s not if—it’s when.”

Reflection Questions

1. How can you align your work more closely to your wiring?

2. What change can you make to align more closely with your team?

Tools Mentioned

• Working Genius Assessment

• Drains & Fills list (simple two-column reflection exercise)

• Pacing Check (compare your pace to your team’s perception)

• visit www.h2leadership.com for more tools and resources.

Chapters

00:00 – What is an H2 Leader? Health and high impact in harmony
02:15 – The need for new brakes and better alignment
03:30 – What misalignment looks and feels like
05:00 – The story of “Tim”: when wiring, purpose, and team fall out of sync
07:00 – The cost of misalignment in leadership and culture
09:20 – The great disengagement: how misalignment kills engagement
10:00 – Tools for realignment: Working Genius, Drains & Fills, Pacing Check
11:45 – Reflection questions and next steps

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