
Leadership is complex, but it doesn’t have to be lonely.
The H2 Leadership Podcast is the place for leaders who want to be healthy and high impact.
Each week, you’ll be shaped by our coaching, our experience, and the voices of expert guests.
We ask deep questions and share practical tools to help you gain clarity, build courage, and create culture where leaders and teams thrive.
This is more than a podcast. It’s the most practical resource available to help you take your next right step toward healthy and high impact leadership.
Episodes

Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
109 - Paulette Yusuf ”Dear White Leaders: Thoughts from the UK”
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
On today's episode, Alan sits down with Paulette Yusuf who shares her perspective on how not only white leaders but the church can take practical next steps towards healing the wounds caused by racial upheaval. Paulette offers a very unique perspective with her 'thoughts from the U.K'
About Paulette
Paulette Yusuf is the pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in London. She is also the director of Grace Organization which specializes in offering daycare and adult social care services to people suffering from dementia, disability, stroke, heart conditions, diabetes, and other long-term physical and mental health issues. We also support people in their journey towards combating loneliness and isolation.
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Thursday Jun 25, 2020
108 - Alan & David ”Refilling your soul in anxious times”
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
What an interesting time to be alive. There's definitely a decent amount of ambiguity in this summer season as many of us try to figure out how to enjoy this season. The tension of it all has probably left you with a low-grade fever of anxiety.
So how do you refill your soul in these anxious times?
On today's episode, Alan and David sit down and have a great conversation about how to refill your soul in these uncertain times.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
107 - Ryan Leak ”Dear white leaders” Pt. 5
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
On today's episode, Alan sits down with speaker, executive coach, and author, Ryan Leak for part 5 or our Dear White Leaders series. Ryan's perspective is very insightful, thought-provoking, and edifying.
About Ryan
Here’s what you need to know about Ryan Leak: He’s a husband to Amanda and dad to Jaxson and Roman. After that, he’s an Executive coach, author, filmmaker, and speaker that trains 15,000+ leaders and speaks to over 200,000 people each year. He’s the CEO of the Ryan Leak Group that is a leadership development firm in Dallas, TX.
He’s known as an ultimate risk taker from his two documentaries: The Surprise Wedding and Chasing Failure. Ryan proposed to his wife and married her on the same day, having planned their wedding in secret for two years. That documentary went viral in 2013 and the Leaks have been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Queen Latifah Show, and many other various media outlets.
Ryan’s second documentary is called Chasing Failure where he went on a journey to conquer his fear of failure by trying out for an NBA team. Ryan travels the country and teaches people how to remove the limitations that keep them from growing.
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Thursday Jun 18, 2020
106 - Alan Briggs ”How this year wrecked and shaped me”
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
This has been a wilderness season for many of us. Full of questions without answers. Destinations that aren't in sight. Pain, loss, and even opportunity.
The truest and most authentic leadership comes from or own story. On today's episode, Alan sits down and shares his story of how this year has impacted him.
How has 2020 wrecked and reshaped you? Share your story over on our Facebook page, we would love to hear from you.
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Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
105 - Myron Pierce ”Dear white leaders” Pt. 4.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
On today's episode, Alan sits down with Myron Pierce for a crucial conversation in part 4 of our Dear White Leader's series. Myron is our first three-timer on the Right-Side Up Leadership Podcast so if you want to know more about Myron and his story be sure to check out episodes 13 and 18.
About Myron
Hey there! I’m Myron Pierce, a follower of Jesus, husband, father, pastor, church planter, author, and entrepreneur. At the age of 18, I was facing a life sentence in prison for my life of gang banging, drugs, and crime. I surrendered my life to the Lord Jesus and while leaving the courtroom I heard God whisper, “I’m going to get you out of prison to plant churches.” Through a series of miracles, the prison doors opened for me after eight years. The call of Mission Church (where I pastor) is to unleash unprecedented hope in every inner city around the world. I’m currently attending Crown College to obtain my Master’s of Arts in Global Leadership. My wife (Kristin) and I live in the heart of North Omaha with our three sons and daughter.
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Thursday Jun 11, 2020
104 - Dr. Sandra Dalton Smith ”Dear white leaders” Pt. 3.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
If we want to see change around us we need to start with ourselves, where we are, and work out from there. That's one thing we hope this series helps with.
On today's episode, Alan has a fantastic conversation with Dr. Sandra Dalton Smith about current events. They discuss what's helpful, what's not helpful, and Sandra shares her hope for the future. This isn't Sandra's first time on the podcast, she sat down with David back on episode 12 for a discussion about her book Sacred Rest. If you haven't listened to that episode we highly recommend it.
About Dr. Sandra Dalton Smith
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an author, speaker, and board-certified internal medicine physician. She has an active medical practice in Alabama (near the Birmingham area). She received her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Baker College and Davenport University in Michigan teaching courses on health, nutrition, and disease progression.
Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and a top 100 medical expert in Good Housekeeping Doctors' Secrets. She has been featured in many media outlets including Women's Day, Redbook, First For Women, MSNBC, and Prevention. She is the author of Set Free to Live and Come Empty (winner 2016 Golden Scroll Nonfiction Book of the Year and 2016 Illumination Award Gold medalist). Her newest release is Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity.
She has shared her tips on merging faith and medicine with over 16,000 health care professionals to encourage the current and next generation of doctors to treat the whole person.
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Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
103 - Rashawn Copeland ”Dear white leaders” Pt. 2.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
This is an incredibly confusing and exhausting time in our culture right now. At Stay Forth Designs we don't want to miss this crucial moment. Right now we feel especially called to listen.
If you are a white leader who is confused and wondering how to approach this personally and within your space of influence we hope you track along with these crucial conversations in our Dear White Leaders series.
On today's episode, Alan sits down with Rashawn Copeland for a very crucial and hopeful conversation for part 2 of our series. Rashawn was on the podcast back on episode 97 so if you haven't listened to that episode yet, you will definitely want too.
More about Rashawn
Rashawn is the founder of I'm So Blessed Daily and Without Walls Ministries. A writer for Church Leaders, God TV, and the God's Not Dead blog, he is also the host of the Scripture and Stories podcast on the Converge Podcast Network. He also serves on the Life Church (YouVersion) Bible app team with Pastor Craig Groeschel, assisting with global digital outreach. He is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and is currently earning his MDiv at Liberty University. He lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, Denisse, and their three children.
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Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
102 - MelindaJoy Mingo ”Dear white leaders” part 1
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
“It is not the job of our black brothers and sisters to educate us on the issue of race”. we've heard this a lot in the last few days, and we agree.
We're kicking off a series titled Dear White Leaders; Black kingdom leaders speaking honestly to white leaders.
On today's episode, Alan sits down with MelindaJoy Mingo for a very raw, yet encouraging and hopeful conversation. MelindaJoy was previously on episode 86 and we would encourage you to check out that episode as well.
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