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The H2 Leadership Podcast

Leadership is challenging, a lot like climbing a mountain. The Stay Forth Leadership Podcast is a resource to help you become an effective leader- someone who is healthy, self-aware, and working with the grain of their gifting at a sustainable pace to produce long-term impact. Each week, Alan Briggs will hosts practical conversations to equip you with tools to produce the highest amount of change possible through new awareness, new information, new tools, and processes to guide you on your journey to become the healthiest leader you can be. Find out more about who we are and what we do...

Expanding Your Network Without Being Weird About It

63 hours 35 mins; April 02, 2026

Why I Was Wrong About Goals: Direction, Destination, and the Both/And of Healthy Leadership

23 mins; March 26, 2026

What coaching actually does for a leader who is ready to grow.

38 mins; March 19, 2026

Demystifying the Sabbatical: What It Is, Why Leaders Fear It, and Why You Can't Afford to Skip It

48 mins; March 12, 2026

Tending the Orchard: Why the Work Below the Surface Is the Most Important Work You'll Do

18 mins; March 05, 2026

5 Skills Every Leader Needs in the Age of Anxiety

34 mins; February 26, 2026

Lead Like the Boss: Andy Freed on What Bruce Springsteen Teaches Us About Leadership

31 mins; February 19, 2026

Stop Running So Fast How Your Pace Determines Your Team's Health and Your Leadership Impact

15 mins; February 12, 2026

Discover Your Unique Design How to Maximize Your Talents and Stop Living Someone Else's Life

16 mins; February 05, 2026

The Self-Aware Leader How Your Emotions, Assets, and Liabilities Shape Your Team

16 mins; January 29, 2026

You're Not a Machine: Why Healthy Leaders Build Sustainable Impact | The Five Spheres of an H2 Leader (Episode 2: Health)

22 mins; January 22, 2026

You Have More Influence Than You Think | The Five Spheres of an H2 Leader (Episode 1)

18 mins; January 15, 2026

New Year, New Goals? First Ask This: What Season of Leadership Are You In?

16 mins; January 08, 2026

Escaping Leadership Claustrophobia: 4 Pathways Out of Feeling Stuck

21 mins; January 01, 2026

Finish Strong, Start Clear: A Practical Framework to Prepare Your Leadership for 2026

15 mins; December 25, 2025

How to Lead Through Change Without Losing Momentum

30 mins; December 18, 2025

Gordon MacDonald on Calling, Mentorship, and Healthy Leadership

63 hours 18 mins; December 11, 2025

How Healthy Leaders Navigate Race, Unity, and Hard Conversations — with Jimmy Rollins

25 mins; December 04, 2025

Only the Hungry Change: From Frustration to Real Transformation, Why willpower isn’t enough, and how hungry leaders actually change their lives.

21 mins; November 27, 2025

Culture by Design, Not Default: Building Healthy Teams with Jenni Catron

43 mins; November 20, 2025

Why Success Is More Disorienting Than Failure. Roots, Fruits, and the REAL Cost of Winning

30 mins; November 13, 2025

The Art of Asking Better Questions with J.R. Briggs

50 mins; November 06, 2025

From Intuitive to Intentional: How to Get What’s in Your Head Into the Hands of Your Team

12 mins; October 30, 2025

How High-Impact Leaders Get Unstuck: A 3-Step Framework to take action on the work that matters most

10 mins; October 23, 2025

Legacy in Motion: Lessons from Hobby Lobby’s David Green and Legacy Stone's Bill High

39 mins; October 16, 2025

Realigning Your Life, Leadership & Team

12 mins; October 09, 2025

Goodbye, Stay Forth. Hello H2 Leadership.

21 mins; October 02, 2025

How Grounded Leaders Create Focused, Healthy & High Impact Teams

41 mins; September 25, 2025

Stop Pretending You’re Fine: The Church & Mental Health with Dr. Mark Mayfield

42 mins; September 18, 2025

When Your Calling Starts Killing You; With Dr. Arianna Molloy

21 mins; September 11, 2025

Pilgrimage, Slowness & Spiritual Renewal: Alan Reflects from the Azores

16 mins; September 04, 2025

Your Phone Is Owning You (Here’s How to Take It Back)

34 mins; August 29, 2025

Finding Your Compass: How Purpose Guides Your Leadership

24 mins; August 21, 2025

Self-Leadership: The Competitive Advantage No One’s Talking About

24 mins; August 14, 2025

Resilience in the Face of Change—How to Lead When the Seasons (and Life) Shift

20 mins; August 07, 2025

The Wildly Important, Never-Urgent Practice of Hobbies

18 mins; July 31, 2025

Relational Leadership vs. Transactional Management: Build Trust & Multiply Your Impact

28 mins; July 24, 2025

From Scattered to Strategic Focus—Eliminate the Noise, Multiply Your Impact

23 mins; July 17, 2025

Rest Isn’t Idleness

25 mins; July 10, 2025

Emotional Presence—Your Weekly Audit to Show Up Fully

16 mins; July 03, 2025

Leading from Identity, Not Just Your Role

18 mins; June 26, 2025

The Next Frontier In Healthy workplace Culture

47 mins; June 25, 2025

Breaking the Hustle Habit—How to Build Rhythms That Sustain Your Health & Impact

20 mins; June 19, 2025

Welcome to the H2 Leader Summer Series: Becoming a Healthy + High Impact Leader

26 mins; June 12, 2025

The Sabbatical Journey: A Double Launch That Could Transform Your Life & Leadership

30 mins; June 05, 2025

Summer is the 7th Inning Stretch for Leaders

30 mins; May 29, 2025

Perseverance Is Greater Than Endurance: with Brandon Young

37 mins; May 22, 2025

What Really Matters: Eulogy Values, Vision Refresh, and a Surprise Guest

22 mins; May 15, 2025

Summer Is Coming Fast: 4 Keys to Make It Count (Before It Slips Away)

16 mins; May 08, 2025

The Buy-In Advantage: Why Employees Stop Caring and How Great Leaders Reignite Engagement with Dave Garrison

28 mins; May 01, 2025

Mac Lake on Building a Leadership Pipeline, Leading Yourself, and Why Confidence is the New Competency

39 mins; April 24, 2025

How to Lead People Who Are Not Like You; with Stephanie Chung

31 mins; April 17, 2025

Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work; With Dr. Arianna Molloy

42 mins; April 10, 2025

The H2 Leader Part 3: Strengthen Your Shocks – Building Resilience to Lead Through Change

17 mins; April 03, 2025

The H2 Leader Part 2: Realigning Your Leadership – How Misalignment Drains Your Energy and Derails Your Team

13 mins; March 27, 2025

The Research is out: The Power of Sabbaticals Is Enormous (BONUS EPISODE!!!!!)

13 mins; March 25, 2025

The H2 Leader Part 1: Why High-Impact Leaders Must Slow Down to Succeed.

15 mins; March 20, 2025

Unreasonable Pursuits: Scott Cutlan on Climbing, Leadership, and Purpose

47 mins; March 13, 2025

Demystifying Sabbaticals: They Aren’t Vacations –They’re The Future Of Healthy Leadership

30 mins; March 06, 2025

Culture Matters; with Jenni Catron

46 mins; February 27, 2025

The Art of Connection: Brad Lomenick on Leadership, Influence, and Building Meaningful Relationships

61 hours 4 mins; February 20, 2025

John Ortberg on Pain, desperation, what we can learn from AA and the danger of fauxnerability.

48 mins; February 13, 2025

Winning Through Culture: Leadership Lessons from the NFL

28 mins; February 06, 2025

What Time Is It? How to Discern Your Leadership Season

19 mins; January 30, 2025

Lower: Embracing Radical Humility; with Zach Meerkreebs

51 mins; January 23, 2025

The Expectation Gap: Steve Cuss on Reactivity, Inner Critics, and Breaking Free (Part 2)

32 mins; January 16, 2025

The Expectation Gap: Inner Critics, and Starting the New Year with Curiosity (Part 1 with Steve Cuss)

23 mins; January 09, 2025

Reflecting on Creativity, Purpose, and the Year Ahead

27 mins; January 03, 2025

Gratitude, Growth, and Leadership Reflections

27 mins; December 27, 2024

Radical Pause: Alan Briggs on the Power of Sabbatical

34 mins; December 19, 2024

Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Everyday; With Todd Henry

34 mins; December 12, 2024

Reclaiming Your Whole Heart: A Conversation with Lantz Howard on Leading with Purpose and Play

29 mins; December 06, 2024

7 Life-Changing Habits for Leaders: Thanksgiving Special

34 mins; November 28, 2024

The Future of Leadership: Insights from a Business Futurist; with Tabitha Scott

24 mins; November 21, 2024

The 3 Surprising Habits of Great Leaders: Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles, and Clarifying Outcomes

32 mins; November 14, 2024

Ways to ACTUALLY Live Healthy: Building Sustainable Leadership and Avoiding Burnout

58 mins; November 07, 2024

Getting Out of Our Own Way: Practical Growth and Authentic Leadership with Dan Rockwell

36 mins; November 01, 2024

Why I'm heading on sabbatical

36 mins; October 28, 2024

Directions Series; The future: Hope or fear?

21 mins; October 18, 2024

Directions Series; the present: engagement or escape?

18 mins; October 10, 2024

Directions Series; The past: Gift or torture?

15 mins; October 03, 2024

Why effectiveness changes us… and the world

40 mins; September 26, 2024

Activity is Not The Same As Action: The Value of Well-Crafted Work

27 mins; September 19, 2024

The Leadership Shift You Need Right Now

26 mins; September 13, 2024

Fighting Shadows: Jon Tyson on Manhood, Faith, and Ambition

47 mins; September 06, 2024

Preparing for Fall Leadership: Key Questions to Ask Yourself

52 mins; August 29, 2024

AntiBurnout: Overcoming Cynicism with Curiosity

23 mins; August 22, 2024

Overcoming Resistance: Taking Action in the Face of Fear

18 mins; August 16, 2024

The Expectation Gap: Unmet Expectations and Disappointment

20 mins; August 09, 2024

Self-Care Strategies for Long-Term Leadership Success: With Hal Donaldson

29 mins; August 07, 2024

Antiburnout: Why Every Leader Must Confront Pain

29 mins; August 05, 2024

AntiBurnout: Gaining momentum in the midst of change

19 mins; July 25, 2024

AntiBurnout: From Exhaustion to Replenishment

19 mins; July 18, 2024

An unlikely missionary, succession and leading something you didn't start: With Tanner Peake

40 mins; July 16, 2024

AntiBurnout Summer Series: Finding Newness and Freshness When Feeling Stuck

25 mins; July 12, 2024

AntiBurnout Summer Series: Overwhelm and Clarity: Overcoming Obstacles

31 mins; July 05, 2024

Pop Culture, Positive Psychology & Leadership | 'Coming in Hot' with Dr. Tashion Macon

24 mins; June 20, 2024

Demystifying Sabbatical: A Journey of Rest and Reorientation

74 hours 32 mins; June 13, 2024

What To Do When Your Life Is Burning Down: With Greg Lindsey

29 mins; June 06, 2024

Grieve, Breathe, Receive. Embracing Grief and Finding Healing: With Steve Carter

40 mins; May 30, 2024

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