Right-side Up Leadership Podcast

On today's episode, Alan and Julie have a crucial conversation about the Enneagram and why it's continuing to blow up.   Whether you're new to the Enneagram, never heard of it before, or curious to learn a bit more about how it can help you, your team, or your organization, this episode will be of great value.  Interested in an introduction to the Enneagram training? Introduction To The Enneagram Are you an Enneagram 7 or do you know one? Ennearam 7's Guide To Adulting  

 As a leader, what should success look like? How do we know when success is good or when success is bad?   On today's episode, Alan has a great conversation with accomplished speaker, coach, author, vocalist, pastor, and mother, Nona Jones.  Nona shares her powerful story and she and Alan have a very rich conversation about her new book Success From The Inside Out: The Power To Rise From The Past To A Fulfilling Future.  Nona is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on building The Kingdom through social technology, motivating thousands of church leaders each year to reimagine social media as a strategic tool for ministry. Every leader ponders success and what it looks like. We hope this conversation is both eye-opening and encouraging. If you lead in any capacity, we would encourage you to give this one a listen.  Connect with Nona Facebook Instagram Success From The Inside Out

Church planter, pastor and author Jon Tyson (a two-timer on the podcast) and Alan have a conversation about discipleship and what it means to raise a son of consequence.  Jon shares his discipleship journey with his son, the tensions he felt as a young father and the vision he had for creating an empowering pathway for fathers to walk their sons from adolescence into manhood.  Connect with Jon: Find out more about Primal Path Twitter: @jontyson Books

So many leaders are having to start side-hustles to get creative when it comes to generating income so they can do what God has called them to do.   In today's episode, Alan and his guest, Brad Brisco, have a very practical conversation about money, mission, and ministry. They discuss how it all fits together, what happens if there isn't enough in the tank, and what it looks like to work Bivocatinally.  Brad is the Director of Bivocational Church Planting for the North American Mission Board. He holds a doctorate in the area of missional ecclesiology; his doctoral thesis was on assisting existing congregations in transitioning in a missional direction. He is the co-author of Missional Essentials, a twelve-week small group study guide, The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run, and Next Door As It Is In Heaven. If you or someone you know has multiple income streams this episode is for you.    Connect with Brad Twitter @bradleybrisco. missionalchurchnetwork.com Missional Essentials: A Twel

If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you go together as a team you'll go farther and what you get will be healthier and more sustainable. In this episode, Alan sits down with pastor and author Tim Lucas. Tim is the founder & Lead Pastor of Liquid Church, recently named one of America’s Top 100 Fastest-Growing Churches by Outreach magazine (2018).  Since launching in 2007, Liquid has grown to 7 campuses across New Jersey with a vision to “Saturate the State with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”  Tim's innovative approaches to ministry and outreach have been spotlighted by CNN, Fox News, The Today Show and the New York Times. Alan and Tim have a great conversation about the 6 currents Tim describes in his book, Liquid Church: 6 Powerful Currents to Saturate Your City for Jesus Christ. They also dig into the leadership complexities that come along with church growth. Follow Tim  www.liquidchurch.com/ Read Tims Book https://amzn.to/2uItuLO

On today's episode, we're going to be discussing something that we all need to be having honest conversations about, and that is multi-ethnic church. This is an important issue right now and Alan and our guest, Rich Villodas tackle the topic head-on.  Rich serves as the lead pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York. New Life is a church community with people from over 75 nations in the most diverse zip code in the country. There are many complexities and realities when it comes to multi-ethnic church. Rich and Alan have a very insightful conversation about those as well as certain misconceptions, what's encouraging, and how the Church moves forward in creating a thriving multiethnic culture. Follow along with Rich www.newlife.nyc Instagram: @richvillodas Twitter: @richvillodas Special Offer On January 15th and 16th, several of our Stay Forth Designs coaches will be offering a limited number of full intensity one hour sessions to help you kick start your new year. Book a session below a

In this episode, Alan has a crucial conversation with Author Drew Dyck about his book, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science (A Guide for Sinners, Quitters, and Procrastinators). Drew is an editor at Moody Publishers and former managing editor of Leadership Journal.  It's that time of year where everyone seems is busy setting goals and attempting to instill new habits and disciplines but we often lack the self-control to see them through. Drew unpacks a biblical and scientific approach to establishing self-control that will help you break bad habits and grow your will power.  If you're hungry to instill new habits and reach whatever goals you have this year in your life, your ministry, or your business then you definitely want to give this episode a listen! Follow along with Drew Twitter: @drewdyck Grab his book: https://amzn.to/2umzrxO Interested in Double Espresso Coaching? Book a session TODAY: www.stayorth.com/coaching  

HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we begin a new year and a new decade, Alan and David are back in the studio ready to kick off a new year of the Right-Side Up leadership Podcast.   In this episode, Alan and David make an exciting about the upcoming year and spend time approaching the topic of goal setting, finding clarity, and avoiding overwhelm when it comes to setting goals.  Whether you've already set your goals, or you're in the trenches trying to figure out how to set goals you'll achieve in 2020, this crucial conversation will definitely help you get on track for 2020.  Interested in a Double Espresso coaching session? visit www. stayforth.com/coaching for more info. 

As cliche as it sounds, it feels like yesterday that this podcast was only a dream, floating around our head.  2019 has been a year full of rich conversations, paradigm shifts and practical leadership insights that we've been able to glean from dozens of thoughtful leaders.  We've collected a second batch of 10 of our favorite clips of 2019. As you head into 2020, we hope these conversations encourage and inspire you to press into your healthiest year yet!  Connect with Alan, David and the rest of the team!  www.stayforth.com  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  As we approach 2020, we can hardly believe it's been a year since we launched the Right-Side Up leadership Podcast.  We've been humbled by the support and the amazing conversations we've been privileged to have in 2019 and we want to share some highlights from the last year.  In this episode, Alan and I collected some of our favorite clips that we believe will offer insight into your health and leadership as you look toward 2020. We hope this year of conversations has been as fruitful in your life as it has for ours.  Thank you for listening and engaging and we're so excited about what is in store for 2020.  - David, Alan & the Stay Forth Designs Team

Sometimes the risk of inaction is greater than the risk of any one decision.  One of those risks that every leader has to deal with in 2019 is social media. It's not going away and it is important to know how to engage with it in a way that is healthy  In this episode, Alan sits down with Daniel Fusco and Jason Ritche of Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver, WA. Daniel and Jason talk about taking risks to reach their city using social media.  Daniel and Jason know that much of their city is not engaging with church on a Sunday service, but most people are engaging with different social media platforms. They want to connect the message of Jesus to where people are, and that is social media.  Connect with Daniel and Jason www.crossroadschurch.net @go2crossroads www.facebook.com/go2crossroads www.instagram.com/go2crossroads www.youtube/crossroadsWA

At our most pessimistic, our world can seem more divided than ever. One of those divides is a generational one, as we hurl generalizations and blame for our many cultural complaints.  In this podcast, Alan sits down with author and leader Grant Skeldon to talk about his book, "The Passion Generation." In his book, Grant calls us all to a larger unifying purpose, discipleship. Millennials care deeply about passion and purpose and Grant argues there is no bigger and compelling cause then the commission given to us by Jesus to go and make disciples.  Grant challenges the passion generation to get passionate about being discipled and discipling the next generation. So whether you are leading as a millennial or leading millennials this podcast is for you! Follow Grant @grantskeldon www.grantskeldon.com www.initiativenetwork.org Read The Passion Generation

We have a pretty audacious goal.  At Stay Forth Design's, we want to help shift the culture on what we celebrate in leadership.  Impact is great, but we often forget to celebrate the unsung hero's who are faithfully leading, innovating, investing and influencing their community for the Kingdom. Regardless of platform, scope or twitter following, we want to shine a light and affirm leaders all over the country, reminding them what they do matters!  We hope this can help shape what we celebrate as a leadership community AND we pray that it inspires you to affirm a faithful leader in your life, with a word, a card or maybe even an award!  Please celebrate with us as share the winners and honorable mentions of our 2019 Right-Side Up Awards. 

How did you do on your 2019 goals? Do you feel encouraged, discouraged, maybe even a little shame mixed in?  As many of us look back on 2019, we are left wondering why our January dreams never made it past March.  In this episode, Alan and David have a conversation on why so many of us don't grow year after year. There is a gap between who we currently are and who we'd like to be, whether that is spiritually, mentally, physically, or emotionally. And that gap is very hard to close through desire alone. We need a plan and a process.  Alan and David talk about 4 things that can help your dreams become achievable goals that you can tackle one step at a time.  We are thrilled to offer our "Right-Side Up Journal" which includes a wide array of tools, questions and resources for you to reach your daily, weekly, monthly and even quarterly goals.  TAKE YOUR NEXT RIGHT STEP Get your Right-Side Up Journal  Explore individual or group coaching  Explore our many guides, tools and trainings 

If you're blessed in your ministry and your leadership like you are praying for, what's your plan?  Most of us don't get that far. Our plan is to reach our goals and see the fruits of our labor. But what happens when you get it? What will you do with that blessing?  In this episode, David has a conversation with author and pastor, Mark Batterson about his new book, Double Blessing.  Mark unpacks the idea that we are blessed to be a blessing and as Christians we need to learn how to "flip the blessing." Mark is convinced that God loves to bless people who live with a posture of generosity. Meaning we need to be prepared to give God the glory and bless others with what God gives us before we're in a position to receive it.  Do you have a plan to flip the blessing that your praying for? Follow along with Mark @MarkBatterson www.markbatterson.com Read Double Blessing

Questions aren't always comfortable.  Sometimes they lead to more questions. Sometimes they make us feel uneasy and uncertain. Sometimes they expose bias or ignorance.  While questions aren't always safe, we believe they are essential for learning, growth and leadership.   In this episode, Alan had the privilege of talking with author, pastor, professor and podcaster, Stephanie O'brien. In this conversation, Stephanie walks us through her book, "Stay Curious." In the book she curates years of conversations, questions and her journey with questions and doubts that strengthened her faith. Stephanie helps us let go of the idol of "certainty" in favor or faith, trust and wonder.  Connect with Stephanie www.pastorsteph.com Read "Stay Curious" 

Sometimes the best thing you can do as a leader is get out of the way. There is freedom to know that it doesn't all rest on you, and sometimes you connecting and convening the right people together is where the magic truly happens.  In this episode, Alan sits down with leader and author, Brad Lomenick. Brad has worn many hats, including leading the Catalyst Leadership movement, a speaker, and an author. An obvious gift of Brad's is his ability to connect the right people together and this has opened up all sorts of opportunities for greater Kingdom impact.  Brad and Alan talk through leadership principles, trends and practical tips and tools for navigating life as a young or experienced leader.  Follow Brad  www.bradlomenick.com  www.catalystleader.com Read Brad's book H3 Leadership 

What if chaos, stress and anxiety didn't have to be the routine? What if we could march to the beat of a different drum?  In this episode, Alan has a conversation with speaker, blogger and best-selling author Rebekah Lyons to talk about her book, Rhythms of Renewal.  Rebekah draws on her own battle with anxiety to encourage all of us that there are rhythms that we can grab hold of that help us swap stress and anxiety for peace and purpose. Rebekah talks about how our culture instills in us unhealthy and unsustainable rhythms that we must acknowledge and reshape to help us pursue God and the ways he's designed us to live.  Explore more Read Rhythms of Renewal Learn more about Rebekah and take the anxiety quiz at www.rebekahlyons.com

You may think "I don't have a creative bone in my body." However, if you are in leadership, you are creative. It may not be in the narrow sense that we've defined it, only within the arts. But leadership is helping to guide people into a new experience, challenge or preferred future and that journey is inherently creative.  In this episode, we do something a little different. Alan had the opportunity to speak to a leadership class at Denver Seminary about creativity and leadership. Alan pulls out concepts and principles from his book "Everyone's a Genius" to encourage us to embrace the creativity that comes with leading anything and the change that comes along with the process.  Whether you classify yourself as a creative or not - if you are a leader in any sense of the word, this episode is for you.  Explore More Read "Everyone's a Genius" here Connect with us or leave us feedback at www.stayforth.com/podcast

Does our life beg a question? Does our faith lead to curiosity?  In this episode, Alan sits down with author and Pastor of New Life Church, Brady Boyd. The conversation moves through two of Brady's books, "Addicted to Busy" and "Remarkable." Brady unpacks rhythms of rest and longevity, as well as how we can reclaim the curious and "salty" lives the early church models in scripture. Brady shares decades of ministry and leadership experience and some of the ways we can avoid the pitfalls that seem to be waiting for every kingdom leader.  Connect with Brady Follow him @pastorbrady Read Addicted to Busy: Recovery for the Rushed Soul Read Remarkable: Living a Faith Worth Talking About Listen to the Essential Church Podcast