
Stay Forth 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 hosts practical conversations with leadership experts designed 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 and most impactful leader you can be.
Find out more about who we are and what we do at www.stayforth.com
Latest episodes

Sep 2, 2021 • 29min
230 - Justin Kendrick ”The ache to be great; what do we do with ambition?”
On today's episode, Alan talks with New England pastor and discipleship advocate Justin Kendrick about his brand new book Bury Your Ordinary; Practical Habits of a Heart Fully Alive, about discipleship, identity, overwhelm and misplaced ambition.
About Justin
Justin Kendrick is the Lead Pastor of Vox Church, which he founded in 2011 with a small group of friends on the doorstep of Yale University. Since that time, Vox has grown to multiple locations across New England. The dream of Vox Church is to see the least-churched region of the U.S. become the most spiritually vibrant place on Earth. Justin married his high school sweetheart, Chrisy, and they live outside New Haven, Connecticut, with their three sons.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 17min
229 - Lathan Craft ”How my near death experience changed me”
On today's episode, Alan talks to friend, podcaster and coaching client Lathan Craft about a 6 week journey through brain surgeries and peril for his wife and how God shaped him during that time.
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Aug 26, 2021 • 33min
228 - Ryan Huber ”Ethics, power dynamics and Ted Lasso”
On today's episode, Alan interviews ethicist, Bonhoeffer scholar and professor Ryan Huber on what ethical decisions we need to make as leaders right now, how MLK and Bonhoeffer's principles speak to this cultural moment and dissect how Ted Lasso has many leadership lessons for us.
About Ryan
Dr. Ryan Michael Huber earned his PhD in Theology (Christian Ethics with a minor in Church History) at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. His dissertation (2017) was entitled “Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics of Formation,” and it was passed with distinction. Before Fuller, he earned his ThM from Boston College and wrote his thesis on “The Catholic Influence on Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” He lives with his wife, Jessica, their 4-year-old son, Max, and their baby boy, Theo, in Nashville, TN. He is passionate about serving both the church (as a lay person) and the academy (as an ethicist and historian).
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Aug 24, 2021 • 16min
227 - Alan and a Stay Forth Coach ”Coaching; what it is and why it’s exploding”
The best time to plant a tree was 5 minutes ago. The second best time? Right now.
The same is true with your life and leadership in this season. The best time to start your journey toward health and sustainable impact was, you guessed it, 5 minutes ago...
The second best time? Right now.
On today's episode, Alan talks about what coaching is and why it's exploding right now. He also interviews Melissa Sievers, Stay Forth coach, about her story and why coaching is helping leaders in this season.
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Aug 19, 2021 • 22min
226 - Alan and Jonathan ”Level up your leadership this fall”
Real talk. Fall is just around the corner. Are you prepared? How tired are you? Are you excited? Are you ready to navigate the coming months from a posture of proactivity or will you reactively respond to life as it happens?
If you want to lead others well, you have to lead yourself well, plain and simple. This is a crucial season and it's time to level up your leadership this fall. Here's how...
On today's episode, Alan and Jonathan talk about the upcoming fall season and why pursuing health before impact is important now more than ever. They also issue a challenge to level up your leadership this fall with an invitation to taste and see some of the most practical offerings we've ever laid out.
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Aug 17, 2021 • 28min
225 - Alan Briggs ”Dispatches from a Vision Refresh”
On today's episode, Alan talks with urban ministry leader and coach Kory Lantz about why he came to Colorado for a Vision Refresh, what is was like and what clarity he is finding.
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Aug 12, 2021 • 32min
224 - Alan and Jonathan ”Sizzle Reel Part 2, Jonathan’s Favorites”
We have a lot of practical conversations on the podcast and from time to time we like to share our favorite moments from the last season.
On today's episode, Jonathan shares his top 5 favorite clips from recent conversations on the podcast. Enjoy these clips and then check out the full episodes below.
Episode 197 Kiana Clay
Episode 190 Tyler Reagin
Episode 205 Chris Coultas
Episode 203 Kelsey Chapman
Episode 221 Apex Gathering
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Aug 10, 2021 • 28min
223 - Alan and Jonathan ”Sizzle Reel Part 1, Alan’s Favorites”
We have a lot of practical conversations on the podcast and from time to time we like to share our favorite moments from the last season.
On today's episode, Alan shares his top 5 favorite clips from recent conversations on the podcast. Enjoy these clips and then check out the full episodes below.
Episode 171: Tod Bolsinger Episode 184: Emily Ley Episode 185: Ashlee Eiland Episode 195: Megan Hyatt Miller Episode 202: Daniel Harkavy Connect With Stay Forth
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Aug 5, 2021 • 26min
222 - Alan and friends ”How a Stay Forth Experience changed two leaders”
On today's episode, Alan chats with two leaders who attended The Colorado Collaboration experience Stay Forth Designs hosted for kingdom entrepreneurs. They talk about how it changed their life, leadership and business.
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Aug 3, 2021 • 28min
221 - Apex Gathering ”From a conference to an experience”
If you want to continue to lead others for the long haul you need to lead yourself well. It's simple, but it's not always easy.
On today's episode, Alan talks through the massive difference between a conference and a relational experience with a leader who has taken big risks to create a small and impactful experience to help Kingdom Builders pursue the mountains that God has uniquely designed them to climb.
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