The H2 Leadership Podcast

Hey friends! We have another great conversation for you today. Yes, we say that all the time, but we really believe it, especially with this conversation. If you have been tracking along with us for any amount of time then you know that we don't run from hard conversations, we run to them. Today's conversation with Dr. Brian Loritts is no different, it's hard, it's real, but it's also very encouraging. So sit with this one and don't listen on 2x speed. About Dr. Loritts Dr. Bryan Loritts is the privileged husband of Korie and the graced father of three sons--Quentin, Myles and Jaden. He serves as a teaching pastor at The Summit Church in North Carolina. He is the president and founder of The Kainos Movement, an organization committed to seeing the multiethnic church become the new normal in our world. Dr. Loritts is an award-winning author of seven books: Right Color Wrong Culture, Letters to Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., A Cross-Shaped Gospel, God on Paper, Saving the Saved: How Jesus Saves Us From Try-Harder Christianity into Performance-Free Love, which was given the Christianity Today Award of Merit, Insider Outsider, and his latest release, The Dad Difference. Dr. Bryan Loritts co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003, and later founded The Kainos Movement. In addition to his responsibilities as a Pastor, Bryan travels extensively throughout the world preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ at conferences and events, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees for Biola University and Pine Cove Christian Camps. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Leadership from the Thriving Organization Connect with Dr. Loritts Books Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Take your next right step with: Coaching Right-Side Up Journal

On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with Tom Briggs, founder of Epigraph, and zoomprotips.com, for a great conversation about the practical side of remote work and how to foster connection with someone who isn't sitting across the table from you.  About Tom with Zoom Pro Tips Leader of award-winning global marketing & creative design teams with over 16 years of digital brand agency experience spanning Fortune 50 to local mom & pop. Founder of epigraph—the independent, culture mining research & brand consultancy. Tom leads high-functioning, values-led organizations and individuals in, efforts to distill innovation through design management for sustainable human benefit. Tom's work is fueled by innovation, curiosity and the pursuit of the greater good. He is an internationally cited social media researcher, Center for Creative Leadership graduate and advocate of humanities-rooted, dialectic-driven education. He believes that everyone—regardless of origin story—stands to benefit from technology and innovation and that everyone, everywhere by rights should join in the digital technology revolution. After that, Alan continues the conversation with Krisha Buehler of BELAY Solutions. BELAY is the industry leaders in remote work and are well ahead of the game when it comes to working remote and how to navigate it. About Krisha with BELAY As the VP of HR at BELAY, the leading virtual staffing solutions company, I’m the culture cultivator for an award-winning organization. The key to any organization’s success is its greatest asset: its people. So as a former operations leader turned HR professional, my passion for people and process simplification fuels my ‘work smarter, not harder’ mentality. As such, we have created a high-performing, highly engaged, results-driven, and mission-focused team by aligning talents and power skills to ensure individuals are working in their optimal area of the organization. And as a lifetime learner and student of all things leadership, I’m a proud, positive disruptor with a curious mindset, always looking for innovative and efficient solutions to maximize potential and results. I value experiences over things, so I’m happiest making memories with my family at the beach or cooking – and, ideally, with a bold cabernet in hand. Connect with Tom Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Krisha BELAY Right Side Up Journal is 20% OFF!    

On today's episode, Alan sits down with Pete Vargas for a very practical conversation about how to navigate when the bottom drops out.  About Pete   Pete Vargas Founder and CEO of Advance Your Reach Responsible for he and his team booking over 25,000 stages worldwide, Pete has been educating speakers about how to book stages for over a decade. He has helped speakers, entrepreneurs, nonprofits and small business owners land speaking engagements and leverage the stage to grow their businesses. Pete has booked legendary speakers including Ryan Deiss, Nicholas Kusmich and Shark Tank’s Daymond John. Pete believes that speaking is the most powerful marketing tool you have and the best way to build your business. Speaking provides a starting point for customers and partners to want to become more involved with your business and get behind the impact you’re making. With literally millions of stages in every niche, Pete has become the expert in how to identify which stages to go after, how to find them and how to win them. Connect with Pete Inside The Green Room Podcast Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Take your next right step Schedule a breakthrough session Right Side-Up Journal is 20% OFF!!!

We've got a really practical conversation for you today on the podcast. Alan sits down with Pastor and Author Daniel Fusco for a rich conversation about battling through growth and discouragement.  About Daniel Daniel came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in April of 1998 while he was in his last year at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. After spending a few years as a professional musician (upright and electric bass), Daniel felt called into the pastoral ministry. He was taken on staff at Calvary Chapel Marin under the direction of Pastor John Henry Corcoran in January of 2000. After being ordained in 2002, Daniel was sent out to plant Calvary Chapel New Brunswick, located in New Jersey. In November of 2006, that church was turned over to his successor so that Daniel could move back to the San Francisco Bay Area to plant more churches. While in the Bay Area, Daniel planted Calvary North Bay in Mill Valley, CA. In 2010, while continuing to pastor the church in Mill Valley, he also planted Calvary San Francisco. In 2012, Daniel turned over both churches to successors in order to move to Vancouver, WA to become the Lead Pastor at Crossroads Community Church where he presently serves. Crossroads has campuses in Vancouver, WA, Portland, OR and a vibrant international internet campus. Out of his passion for church planting, Daniel founded the Calvary Church Planting Network, which helps facilitate church planters. Daniel has a unique style of teaching that takes the timeless truth of Scripture and makes it applicable and simple for men and women of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds in today's society. His teachings can be accessed at danielfusco.com, through iTunes podcasts, YouTube videos and at crossroadschurch.net. His popular #2MinuteMessage can be found on his Facebook page. The Jesus is Real radio ministry that features messages from Daniel is on 50+ stations across the country. The Real with Daniel Fusco tv program is shown nationally. Daniel is also a gifted writer and a featured contributor to "Preaching Today." He has published articles with Leadership Journal, pastors.com, and Calvarychapel.com. His book, "Ahead of the Curve," is currently available on Amazon.com. His second book, "Honestly," was published by NavPress on April 1, 2016. Daniel's forthcoming book, "Upward, Inward, Outward - Loving God, loving ourselves, loving people" will be published by NavPress in October, 2017. Daniel is a sought after speaker. He has taught at churches, conferences, retreats, youth rallies, leadership seminars, seminaries, and on campuses, both in the States and abroad. Take your next right step Consider Coaching  

You've probably performed a lot of unplanned shifting this year in order to keep moving forward in a general direction. It's probably been confusing and times and very tired. We get it.  Alan recently sat down with a group of high capacity business leaders to dig in to some very practical shifts that business leaders need to be making in their leadership if they want to continue moving forward and leading from a place of health. Definitely listen to this one on 1x speed, more than once. There's practical wisdom here. What's your next right step? Consider coaching 

The "B" word. Every leader hopes to avoid it but all too often it finds us before we realize it, and by the time we think might be approaching it, it's too late. What are we talking about? Burnout After this weighty season, we see a wave of burnout on the horizon and we want to help you take steps to bypass it.  On today's episode, Alan shares practical steps you should be taking in order to bypass burnout and lead healthy in this season and beyond.  On today's episode we have a treat for you. If you missed Healthy Leaders Summit, Alan kicked off the week with a very encouraging discussion on how to navigate disorientation. This is a very rich conversation that we encourage you to sit with whether you've heard it once already, or never. Miss the summit? Grab  a Lifetime Pass Take your next right step  Join a Group Coaching Cohort

There's a saying that goes something like "if you want to go fast, then go alone. If you want to go far, then go together." Leadership can feel lonely at times but we were never meant to lead alone. For many of you, the disorientation of this season, and the ambiguity of the next season has left you with a low-grade fever of anxiety and a sense of loneliness. Well guess what, you're not alone. On today's episode we have a treat for you. If you missed Healthy Leaders Summit, Alan kicked off the week with a very encouraging discussion on how to navigate disorientation. This is a very rich conversation that we encourage you to sit with whether you've heard it once already, or never. Miss the summit? Grab  a Lifetime Pass Take your next right step  Join a Group Coaching Cohort

On today's episode, Alan and several members of our Stay Forth Designs team sit down for a ridiculously practical conversation about getting healthy. Now, we aren't talking about eating healthy or working out, rather, taking practical steps toward healthy leadership. If you've ever wondered if coaching would be a right next step for you then give this episode a listen. You'll hear insight from several of our coaches as well as a personal testimony of how coaching drastically changed the trajectory of or Content Producers leadership. Consider Coaching Grab a lifetime pas to Healthy Leaders Summit

You may be asking questions like what next? How do I prepare for next year when this year was so ambiguous?  If you attended the Healthy leaders Summit last week, then you took a great next step towards leading healthy not only right now but next season and beyond. Healthy Leaders Summit was a great starting point but if you want to keep making headway then you need to keep taking your next right step.  On today's episode, Alan unpacks 4 practical next steps you can, and should, consider taking right now so you can keep reducing overwhelm, increasing clarity,  and continue pursuing leadership from pa posture of health in this season and beyond.  What's your next right step? Grab a lifetime pass to Healthy Leaders Summit

Today, if one mistake, soundbite, hot mic moment, or tweet is off base you can lose you influence in an instant- you'll get "cancelled." On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation about how unhealthy cancel culture has become with pastor and author, Adam Weber. Adam is a guy who seems to run towards leaders when they make unhealthy decisions instead of away. This is a rich conversation! About Adam Adam is the founder and lead pastor of Embrace, a multi-site church based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Author of Talking With God and Love Has A Name, he also hosts a podcast called The Conversation. Adam still cheers for the Cincinnati Bengals but no longer drives a Rambler. He's married to his wife, Becky, and has four kids: Hudson, Wilson, Grayson, & Anderson. He also has seven chickens, two dogs, & three fish, but what he really wants is a sheep. You can find out more at adamweber.com Connect with Adam Instagram - @adamaweber Twitter - @adamweber Facebook - /adamaweber Healthy Leaders Summit Watch this talk and more with a lifetime pass Consider Coaching