The H2 Leadership Podcast

Alan talks with entrepreneur and thought leader Megan Hyatt Miller about her story, being Michael Hyatt's daughter and the challenges and advantages of leading as a female in the workplace About Megan Hyatt Miller Megan Hyatt Miller is the president and chief executive officer of Michael Hyatt & Company. Cohost of the popular business podcast Lead to Win, she is also Michael's oldest daughter.   A...

In this two part interview Alan talks with Faith Cho; church planter, speaker, CEO and mom of four about leading as a young mom, processing Asian hate and not quitting when hope is leaking. About Faith Faith has been in the ministry since she was 19-years-old and continues to have a burning passion to serve as a voice to the voiceless. Currently, she is a pastor, a pastor’s wife, a CEO of a non-pr...

In this two part interview Alan talks with Faith Cho; church planter, speaker, CEO and mom of four about leading as a young mom, processing Asian hate and not quitting when hope is leaking. About Faith Faith has been in the ministry since she was 19-years-old and continues to have a burning passion to serve as a voice to the voiceless. Currently, she is a pastor, a pastor’s wife, a CEO of a non-pr...

We've been talking about productivity and focus recently and we want to continue in that vein today. Over on our Instagram account we recently ran a poll which asked you whether or not your current pace was sustainable and would it lead to health or unhealth? 67 percent of you answered "yes" and 33 percent of you answered "no".  A great way to gauge your sustainability is to zoom out and look at y...

  On today's episode, Alan sits down with Pastors participating in the Phoenix Fill Up to unpack their time together and share why experiences matter.   Take your next right step Explore an Experience Join the Right Side Up Community Move upstream with us to help more leaders

It's no secret that 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 fou...

Very few leaders have a filter for saying YES and NO.  On today's episode, Alan shares the process he walks people through in determining whether to say yes or no to a new opportunity. Spend some time developing your filter ahead of time, before you’re feeling the emotion of the moment pulling on you. Take your next right step Right Side Up Community Join the Upstream Campaign

On today's episode, Alan talks with writer, leader and mom Sarah Zylstra about the challenges of living our faith out among the beauty of the story we were destined for and the brokenness of our world today About Sarah Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra is senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition. Before that, she wrote for Christianity Today, homeschooled her children, freelanced for a...

On today's episode, Alan talks with writer, leader and mom Bailey Hurley about her passion for community and explores some ways to cultivate healthy culture.  About Bailey Bailey lives in Denver with her husband, Tim, and their two children, Hunter and Liv. As a family, thy share a passion for welcoming people into the folds of godly community—especially Hunter who likes to have “all the peoples”...

On today's episode, Alan has a conversation  with leadership coach, author, and speaker about the importance of creating a healthy culture. This talk originally aired on our Healthy Leaders Summit. About Jenni Jenni Catron is a leadership coach, author and speaker. Her passion is to lead well and to inspire, equip and encourage others to do the same. She speaks at conferences and churches nationwi...

There is a massive gap in kindness right now. We forget how powerful our words are. Sticks and stones can break your bones, and words do actually hurt you. Words can go where sticks and stones cant- to your heart.  On today's episode we're featuring Alan's talk with pastor and author Ashlee Eiland about leading with kindness in a brutally unkind culture.  About Ashlee Ashlee is a leader, pastor, w...

On today's episode, Alan talks to high-powered entrepreneur, mom and author Emily Ley about the joys and challenges of being a female leader and entrepreneur, how burnout shaped her and how she would make The Rock cry. About Emily Emily Ley is the founder of Simplified® - a brand of planners and organizational tools for busy women. Emily has been featured in Forbes, Family Circle, Better Homes and...

A lot has changed with how we work in the last year and the landscape looks a lot different for a lot of people.   On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with Tricia Sciortino from Belay Solutions about all things de-centralized and how to navigate the remote world. About Tricia Born and raised in Long Island, Tricia attended the University of Hartford where she obtained a degree in Bus...

On today's episode, Alan is joined by Amy Downs. Amy is an Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor, Credit Union CEO and Motivational Speaker. Alan and Amy have a powerful conversation and Amy shares her incredible story of what the Oklahoma City Bombing was like firsthand and how her life changed from that moment on. About Amy Amy Downs was one of the last survivors to be pulled from the rubble of the 199...

 On todays episode, Alan talks with medical doctor, mom of four and leader of the Brave Enough Community Sasha Shilcutt about her burnout story, resilience and the joys and challenges of leading as a female About Dr.  Sasha Shillcutt Dr. Sasha Shillcutt. is a physician, gender equity researcher, speaker, author, wife, mom of four amazing kids, and Founder/CEO of Brave Enough.  Through her book, ta...

Leadership is challenging and not everyone faces the same challenges when it comes to navigating the leadership journey. On today's episode, Alan talks with three of our Stay Forth team about these joys and challenges and how they each navigate the challenging leadership landscape. Connect with our team. We are crazy about helping leaders and teams get healthy and reach more impact. We want to hel...

Each one of us has some idea or dream that we long to make a reality but sadly many of us never pursue them. There are many reasons, but chief among them is often something like this "I don't have support, or a way to get it off the ground. No one knows me." Some of the greatest creatives and innovators of our time started with nothing more than a dream, garage, and some pocket lint yet they were...

Sometimes you just need to laugh a little. On todays episode, Alan chats with YouTuber Chaz Smith about his faith, what he's learning, how he handles criticism and how he would defeat Terry Crews. About Chaz Chaz Smith is an entertainer who loves the Lord and has used his platforms on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook,  and Tik-Tok. You may have seen him from his mispronunciation videos. While he is kn...

Time for a reality check.  WHO you are matters more than WHAT you do. That may be tough to hear, but it's the healthy truth. It's easy to get caught up in the things we do and allow them to become our identity. What we do matters but who we are is matters way more. On today's episode, Alan gets very practical as he unpacks and explains why who we are matters more than anything else. Take your next...

We have a powerful episode for you today. Now, we don't toss the word hero around lightly but today we have the honor of sitting down with a truly incredible human being, a hero with an incredible story.  On Today's episode, Alan sits down with real life hero Charles Mully, the Hero in the documentary, Mully, about the amazing story of his life and his journey from an abandoned street kid in Kenya...

Something we say at Stay Forth Designs is that the abundant life isn't a unicorn. It is possible to live an abundant life and it's made possible by pursing health before impact. When we find health we naturally find happiness and begin to live out of abundance instead of scarcity. But what is happiness? On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with Pastor, Author, and O.G podcast guest Da...

No matter what space you find yourself leading (business or otherwise), what you do is no longer enough to reach people.  The landscape is quickly changing as people want more experiential and relational connections when it comes to how they interact with organizations.  So how do you lead in the experience economy? On today's episode, Alan and Joe Pine, co author of The Experience Economy talk ab...

Millennial. Elder Millennial. Zennial. Those are all terms that describe an interesting generation of individuals that grew up in the analogue era, but experienced the shift to digital era. How do we care for and raise up millennials? On today's episode, Alan and Author, Pastor, and life strategist, Benjamin Windle talk about what Millennials are and are not looking for in the Church. If there is...

Seasons of transition are difficult especially when they are the result of loss. While navigating seasons of transition can be difficult, it is possible to thrive through them. On today's episode of the podcast, Alan and Dale kreienkamp, president an ceo of Thriving Through Transitions, talk about what people are experiencing who are unemployed and how to better care for them. This is an eye openi...

Would you consider yourself a resilient leader? What about a tempered, resilient leader? On today's episode, Alan and Tod Bolsinger, author of Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change explore the combination of strength and flexibility needed to lead in this season Tod Bolsinger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a speaker, executive coach, former pastor, and author...