The H2 Leadership Podcast

On today's episode, Alan chats with Steve Carter about his journey toward health and wholeness and why we need to pay more attention to what's brewing below the surface. About Steve Steve Carter is a pastor, speaker, author, podcast host, sports enthusiast, and the former lead teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago.  Steve’s passion is to bring Jesus into everything he does. A gifted teacher, Steve spends his days crafting sermons, messages, blog posts, and books to encourage people in their walk with Christ. He describes his work as humbling and vulnerable—a soul-baring process that keeps him dependent, expectant, and grounded in Christ. Steve lives in Phoenix, AZ, with his wife, Sarah, and their two kids. Connect with Steve Website Books Twitter Instagram Facebook Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

On todays episode, Alan interviews Erwin McManus about his new book The Genius of Jesus. They talk about violating reality, how our view of power must shift and why Jesus was a genius amongst other things. About Erwin Erwin Raphael McManus has committed his life to the study of genius and the pursuit of God, never knowing that the two worlds would one day collide. He is an iconoclast, entrepreneur, storyteller, fashion designer, filmmaker, and cultural thought leader whose singular intention is to violate our view of reality. McManus is the founder of Mosaic, a church movement based in the heart of Hollywood with a community that spans the globe, and is the acclaimed author of The Way of the Warrior, The Last Arrow, and other leading books on spirituality and creativity. His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide, in fourteen different languages. McManus studied philosophy at Elon University, has a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master of divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and a doctorate of humane letters from Southeastern University. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Kim McManus Connect with Erwin Books Social Media @erwinmecmanus Website Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

On today's episode, Alan discusses Dr. Mark's new book on loneliness, mental healthy and how we reconnect with others, God and ourselves. About Dr. Mayfield Dr. Mark Mayfield is a former pastor, a licensed professional counselor (LPC), a board certified counselor, and founder and CEO of Mayfield Counseling Centers. He has more than 14 years of professional counseling experience in clinical, judicial, and faith-based counseling settings across a wide range of patient demographics. Mayfield has professional experience in treating and addressing anxiety, depression, and PTSD, substance abuse, domestic violence, self-injury, and suicide. He is passionate about the integration of faith and mental health. Dr. Mayfield recently launched his book, titled “HELP! My Teen is Self-Injuring: A Crisis Manual for Parents” which addresses his own suicide survival story, self-injury, and how to help your child who might be going through this. His second book “The Path Out of Loneliness: Finding and Fostering Connection to God, Ourselves, and One Another”, published through NavPress/Tyndale House, releases September 2021. He has been featured in prominent media outlets including Woman’s Day, Hello Giggles, NBC, Reader’s Digest, Byrdie, and more. Dr. Mayfield is on a list of mental health professionals that was invited to the White House in December 2019 and has had periodic calls with the White House to discuss mental health in America. Connect with Dr. Mayfield Website The Path Out of Loneliness Twitter Instagram Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

On today's episode, Alan interviews Stay Forth coach, Alli Hunter, about why she joined the coaching network, why she loves coaching and a practical tool that can help us all process change.   Connect with Alli Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign  

On today's episode, Alan talks with church planting guru Peyton Jones about how planting and leading churches needs to become more team-driven and team-empowered.  About Peyton I started in Huntington Beach at a megachurch, then went to Wales, and served as the evangelist at Lloyd-Jones’s church Sandfields, and started planting churches in public spaces, like Starbucks. Returning back to the States, I planted a multiplying church in downtown Long Beach. I founded New Breed Church Planting Network which continues to train front-line 1st century style apostolic church planters, and the rest is history. I’ve served in collegiate campus churches, rural and urban churches, legacy churches, churches in public space…you name it. In a box, with a fox, I have planted Sam I am. Some of the things I’ve done over the years that may help you: Wrote a few books: Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, Church Zero: Raising 1st Century Churches From the Ashes of the 21st Century Church, and Reaching The Unreached: Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art. Started two of the biggest church planting podcasts - Hardcore Church Planting and The Church Planter Podcast. Co-founded Church Planter Magazine. Hired by Mac Lake, I revamped the Send Network Training, and produced professional training videos. Oversaw church planter training for the Western U.S. for the Send Network.  Stayed married all this time, and adopted two beautiful girls. Once swatted five with one blow on a video game no one plays anymore. It was epic. You shoulda seen it. My goal in life is to expand your mind to think like believers in the 1st century did, and like church leaders in the Developing World, Western Europe, and Persecuted Church have to. That’s what drives me in the morning… I’d like to think it’s part-caffeine, and mostly Holy Spirit.” Connect with Peyton Books Website Facebook Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

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. Connect with Justin Instagram Bury Your Ordinary Vox Church Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign  

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. Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

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). Connect with Ryan Book Twitter Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

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.  Level your leadership this fall Take your next step this fall with coaching Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community Receive weekly leadership tweaks with Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign

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.  Connect With Stay Forth Consider Coaching Right Side Up Community Tuesday Tuneup Upstream Campaign