Right-side Up Leadership Podcast

Leaders are constantly pulled between tasks and people. This is normal. In fact, many definitions of leadership involve the idea of getting tasks done through people. This tension between tasks and people is one of the hardest tensions leaders live in, and I believe it’s gotten harder in recent years. On today's episode, Alan digs into the tension of being accessible versus available and why it's so important for your life and leadership to understand the difference.    Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

Have you ever considered the ease with which you can access information or connect with someone hundreds, even thousands of miles away? Technology is an amazing tool that affords us the ability to do some pretty incredible things.  The technology landscape is changing though, and whenever we experience change, a level of fear and uncertainty comes with it.  On today's episode, Alan sits down with Garrett Gerhart, who serves as communications pastor at Life Bible Fellowship Church in Upland California. Alan and Garrett have a great conversation about The MetaVerse, Technology, and the dangers and opportunities that come with them. Connect with Garrett Facebook Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

What got you into your current role? Charisma? Connections? Hard work? Competency? A head start? Brilliant ideas? Natural gifting? A great interview?  Something got you where you are, but it won’t get you where you want to go. It was helpful, but it won’t be sufficient.  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session  

On Today's episode, Alan sits down with Pastor, speaker, and author for a conversation about the power of place, stability and roots when it comes to our life and leadership.    About Daniel Daniel Grothe is the associate senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a pastor, speaker, drummer, and author of the book Chasing Wisdom. Daniel and his wife, Lisa, live on a small hobby farm outside of Colorado Springs with their three children: Lillian, Wilson, and Wakley. Connect with Daniel New Life Church Pick up Chasing Wisdom www.DanielGrothe.com www.ChasingWisdomBook.com social media at @mrdanielgrothe. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, we continue in our Dozen Axiom series with a conversation around the importance of consistently showing your work.  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan sits down with Pastor and Author Sean Nemecek for a much needed conversation about pastoral burnout, criticism, and sabbaticals for pastors. Sean shares part of his own story about burnout and why he cares so deeply for helping pastors navigate burnout and into a place of healthy leadership.   About Sean Nemecek Sean is the West Michigan Regional Director for Pastor-in-Residence Ministries (pirministires.org). He also writes a blog called The Pastor’s Soul (pastorsoul.com) and is a co-host for the Hope Renewed podcast. Before joining PIR, Sean served as a pastor in a local church for almost 18 years. As a third-generation pastor, he loves to serve pastors in the areas of personal soul care, leadership, and consulting and workshops for churches or leadership teams. Connect with Sean Website Books Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

One of the greatest challenges for leaders is discerning who should get their time. We want to help everyone, but, at some point, we all realize we cannot and should not say yes to every request.   If we are not laser focused on our discernment of time requests we find ourselves trying to chase some of those people down. Many times they have no desire to change or grow, but they want something from us, so we invest in them anyway. It’s crucial for us to remember that only the hungry change. It cannot be forced.    Why do we do chase people down even when they aren’t hungry to change?    Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

On today's episode, Alan talks with Mark and Sarah Adams about how coaching transformed their life and leadreship and helped serve as a catalyst for their own coaching with married couples.  Next Alan sits down with Leaders from to amazing organizations, Forge America and Communitas International for a discussion about reimagining communities of faith. About Forge America From day one, we set out to help people learn how to be a sign, instrument and foretaste of the coming kingdom. As a servant to local church Forge has always played a role in re-imagining and re-shaping the church to engage the communities, neighborhoods, apartments, campuses, workspaces, and third places people exist.  About Communitas International Communitas International is a community of diverse, yet like-minded individuals who want to see the church think, care and act like Jesus in this world. Connect with Forge America Website Connect with Communitas International Website Connect with Mark and Sarah Adams Email: Hello@stay

Many leaders are living muted. They are straddling these two gray zones of struggle and joy. Putting out fires. Serving the organization. Doing the same thing each week wondering if they are having an impact. Not truly living, just existing. Is this you? On today's episode, Alan comes with an invitation to do something revolutionary; pay attention to what you pay attention to. it feels unnatural, wrong, selfish, tiring. If you invest a little time to do this you’ll be glad you did. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session  

On today's episode, Alan sits down with Brian Sanders for an interview about life, calling, and the two are dynamic and not static.  About Brian As a social entrepreneur, Brian has helped to start hundreds of missional enterprises, including churches, nonprofits, and businesses all over the world. Most notably, Brian is the founder and former Executive Director of the Underground Network; an international fellowship of microchurch incubators creating city based ecosystems of faith, creativity and empowered social enterprise. Connect with Brian Books Twitter Instagram Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session

If you find yourself overwhelmed it turns out you’re normal, but you can’t stay there. Our culture seems to be stumbling drunk from a strange concoction of insecurity, overwork and boredom. If we don’t learn how to resist this we’ll fall in either the ditch of overwhelm or underwhelm. Without knowing it I think we’re all asking a core but silent question deep in our hearts, “How do I get whelmed?”  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

It's almost March, and if you're like most people, the newness and excitement for your goals you passionately set back in January is starting to wear off.  What do you do when you start to question whether or not you can actually achieve your goals?  On today's episode, Alan Briggs and Jonathan Collier get super practical with a conversation about the importance of re-establishing your habits and revisiting your goals. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

Have you ever met one of those people who seems to live at a different frequency? They go hard in life, with their family and at work, but they seem deeply fulfilled. They know themselves, so they have a pretty good grip on saying no. They’re life seems to weave together in intentional ways, and they still have margin. These folks are living from their unique design.  On today's episode, Alan unpacks what it means to live and lead from your unique design.  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan has a great interview with Nancy Ortberg about spiritual disciplines and why there may be a better term simply a discipline. About Nancy Nancy Ortberg served as a teaching pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. During that time she led Network, a ministry that helps people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, a weekly gathering for the eighteen- to twenty-something generation. She is a founding partner of Teamworx 2, a business and leadership consulting firm that provides fast-paced, practical, and compelling sessions to leaders and their teams. Teamworx 2 works with businesses, schools, nonprofits, and churches to address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork. Nancy is a gifted communicator who is passionate about helping people connect what they believe with their everyday lives. She is currently the CEO of Transforming the Bay with Christ, a non-profit organization worki

Scripture is clear that who we are matters more than what we do (but, of course, what we do should begin to align with who we are). Ephesians says we are God’s workmanship (think poem, song, painting) before we have work to do. Jesus describes a healthy tree that bears healthy fruit because it has healthy roots. Our identity as daughters and sons is more important than our impact as leaders.  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community  

On today's episode Alan has a great conversation speaker, author, and entrepreneur, Lathan Craft about his story, and passion to help people find meaning in the messiest seasons of life.   About Lathan At Lathan Craft, we know that you want to live a life of meaning. In order to do that, you need a way to help navigate the mess that life can throw your way. The problem is sometimes it’s too hard to pick your head up enough to breathe, let alone see a way forward. All in all, it’s far too easy to feel trapped and insignificant. I believe you should have a chance to find deep and fruitful meaning in your life. I get it, I’ve lived a life of mess and confusion before. I knew a change had to happen which is why for the last # of years I’ve built pathways for others to find their own sense of meaning. Connect with Lathan www.lathancraft.com Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Collective Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Inv

Here’s a morbid question; how many ideas are buried in your local graveyard? Some of the best ideas, potentially life-changing ideas, die with people. Why? Fear kept them buried inside. Fear convinces us we should never start. It whispers to us, “Who are you to do THIS? What right do you have? Would anyone even care about this?” It paralyzes us into indecision and procrastination. If you’re waiting for the perfect time or the perfect draft you’ll never start your big idea. Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community  

On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with author, entrepreneur and leadership expert, Matt Shoup about why leading with vulnerability is important. Alan also has a conversation with  a coaching client about how coaching is helping him find health and sustainable impact in his context.  About Matt In March of 2005, Matt was laid off from a corporate banking job that he absolutely hated. Matt quickly founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to his name, all while being close to $200,000 in personal debt. M & E Painting grew quickly, and has produced over $30 million dollars in revenue since 2005. Matt and M & E Painting have received dozens of local, state, national and international business awards. M & E Painting was named one of the Unites States Top Small Workplaces by Inc Magazine and Winning Workplaces in 2011, one of Colorado's Top 250 Private Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2010, made the INC 5000 List (#1724) of Fastest Growing Companies in the United Stat

Leaders must create filters for what they let in and what they let out. This includes content we ingest, travel opportunities, tasks we accept and regular meetings. The best way to get your life back is to revisit your priorities and make decisions based on them. You will disappoint people eventually, I recommend doing it proactively. Good opportunities are everywhere, and are blocking you from amazing opportunities down the road.  Level your leadership in 2022 Right Side Up Community Purchase a Right Side Up Journal Schedule your FREE breakthrough coaching session Invest in your leadership by joining free Right Side Up Community

On today's episode, Alan and Jonathan make a big announcement that you don't want to miss.  We are helping leaders like you get healthy and reach sustainable impact. The number of decisions you have to make in the course of a week are real and things like decision fatigue and overwhelm seem to lurk around every corner. We understand these complexities and know the importance of coaching and continued leadership development. And so we've been thinking for a while now about creating a space that fits between The Right Side Up Collective and our one-on-one coaching. After a lot of intentional thought and planning what we came up with is the Right Side Up Collective. The Right Side Up Collective is a Like-hearted community, with life-giving content and relevant group coaching that helps you stay healthy on the leadership journey. The why is simple, to help hungry Kingdom leaders navigate crucial areas of their life and leadership in a way they won't find anywhere else through like-hearted community, life-giv