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
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 27, 2019
39 min
How did you do on your 2019 goals? Do you feel encouraged, discouraged, maybe even a little shame mixed in?
As many of us look back on 2019, we are left wondering why our January dreams never made it past March.
In this episode, Alan and David have a conversation on why so many of us don't grow year after year. There is a gap between who we currently are and who we'd like to be, whether that is spiritually, mentally, physically, or emotionally. And that gap is very hard to close through desire alone. We need a plan and a process.
Alan and David talk about 4 things that can help your dreams become achievable goals that you can tackle one step at a time.
We are thrilled to offer our "Right-Side Up Journal" which includes a wide array of tools, questions and resources for you to reach your daily, weekly, monthly and even quarterly goals.
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Nov 21, 2019
Nov 21, 2019
37 min
If you're blessed in your ministry and your leadership like you are praying for, what's your plan?
Most of us don't get that far. Our plan is to reach our goals and see the fruits of our labor. But what happens when you get it? What will you do with that blessing?
In this episode, David has a conversation with author and pastor, Mark Batterson about his new book, Double Blessing.
Mark unpacks the idea that we are blessed to be a blessing and as Christians we need to learn how to "flip the blessing." Mark is convinced that God loves to bless people who live with a posture of generosity. Meaning we need to be prepared to give God the glory and bless others with what God gives us before we're in a position to receive it.
Do you have a plan to flip the blessing that your praying for?
Follow along with Mark
Read Double Blessing
Nov 14, 2019
Nov 14, 2019
36 min
Questions aren't always comfortable.
Sometimes they lead to more questions. Sometimes they make us feel uneasy and uncertain. Sometimes they expose bias or ignorance.
While questions aren't always safe, we believe they are essential for learning, growth and leadership.
In this episode, Alan had the privilege of talking with author, pastor, professor and podcaster, Stephanie O'brien. In this conversation, Stephanie walks us through her book, "Stay Curious." In the book she curates years of conversations, questions and her journey with questions and doubts that strengthened her faith. Stephanie helps us let go of the idol of "certainty" in favor or faith, trust and wonder.
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Read "Stay Curious"
Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019
52 min
Sometimes the best thing you can do as a leader is get out of the way.
There is freedom to know that it doesn't all rest on you, and sometimes you connecting and convening the right people together is where the magic truly happens.
In this episode, Alan sits down with leader and author, Brad Lomenick. Brad has worn many hats, including leading the Catalyst Leadership movement, a speaker, and an author. An obvious gift of Brad's is his ability to connect the right people together and this has opened up all sorts of opportunities for greater Kingdom impact.
Brad and Alan talk through leadership principles, trends and practical tips and tools for navigating life as a young or experienced leader.
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Read Brad's book H3 Leadership
Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31, 2019
42 min
What if chaos, stress and anxiety didn't have to be the routine? What if we could march to the beat of a different drum?
In this episode, Alan has a conversation with speaker, blogger and best-selling author Rebekah Lyons to talk about her book, Rhythms of Renewal.
Rebekah draws on her own battle with anxiety to encourage all of us that there are rhythms that we can grab hold of that help us swap stress and anxiety for peace and purpose. Rebekah talks about how our culture instills in us unhealthy and unsustainable rhythms that we must acknowledge and reshape to help us pursue God and the ways he's designed us to live.
Explore more
Read Rhythms of Renewal
Learn more about Rebekah and take the anxiety quiz at www.rebekahlyons.com
Oct 24, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
54 min
You may think "I don't have a creative bone in my body."
However, if you are in leadership, you are creative. It may not be in the narrow sense that we've defined it, only within the arts. But leadership is helping to guide people into a new experience, challenge or preferred future and that journey is inherently creative.
In this episode, we do something a little different. Alan had the opportunity to speak to a leadership class at Denver Seminary about creativity and leadership. Alan pulls out concepts and principles from his book "Everyone's a Genius" to encourage us to embrace the creativity that comes with leading anything and the change that comes along with the process.
Whether you classify yourself as a creative or not - if you are a leader in any sense of the word, this episode is for you.
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Read "Everyone's a Genius" here
Connect with us or leave us feedback at www.stayforth.com/podcast
Oct 17, 2019
Oct 17, 2019
43 min
Does our life beg a question? Does our faith lead to curiosity?
In this episode, Alan sits down with author and Pastor of New Life Church, Brady Boyd. The conversation moves through two of Brady's books, "Addicted to Busy" and "Remarkable." Brady unpacks rhythms of rest and longevity, as well as how we can reclaim the curious and "salty" lives the early church models in scripture. Brady shares decades of ministry and leadership experience and some of the ways we can avoid the pitfalls that seem to be waiting for every kingdom leader.
Connect with Brady
Follow him @pastorbrady
Read Addicted to Busy: Recovery for the Rushed Soul
Read Remarkable: Living a Faith Worth Talking About
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Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
43 min
Change means disorientation.
Whether it feels like "good" change or "bad" change, it will always bring a degree of fear, loss and the need to reorient yourself and your team.
When we talk about change we often talk about managing it, but in this episode, Alan and David talk about practical ways to lead through change. Alan and David recap the recent changes in their lives and the excitement and fears that come along with that. They also unpack several practical steps you can take to lead through the change in your life.
If you or your organization are walking through a season of change and you need some help reorienting, consider reaching out to us to explore coaching or consulting. Stay Forth Designs has a team of coaches and consultants who thrive in bringing clarity and next steps during seasons of change.
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