THE 7TH INNING STRETCH FOR LEADERS
Pause. Reflect. Reconnect. Reset.
Just like in baseball, the middle matters. The 7th inning stretch is short but powerful—a chance to catch your breath, check the scoreboard, and reset your strategy before the final push.
For leaders, summer offers the same opportunity.
If you don't take time to reflect and realign mid-year, you'll drift. This simple tool is your intentional pause—designed to help you lead with health and high impact in the second half of the year.
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Why This Guide Matters
Don’t Let the Middle of the Year Pass You By.
The second half of the year is coming fast—and without a pause, you risk finishing the year tired, scattered, or off course.
This free guide helps you reset with four powerful leadership rhythms inspired by baseball’s 7th inning stretch:
- Pause with Purpose – Step off the field and catch your breath
- Revisit the Scoreboard – Reflect, realign, and celebrate the wins
- Reconnect – Reengage with people and priorities that matter most
- Reset Your Rhythm – Build a pace that sustains your impact
Short. Practical. Designed for leaders who want to finish strong—without burning out.
What You’ll Get
Inside You’ll Discover:
A short, practical framework to reset your leadership mid-year
4 focus areas modeled after baseball’s 7th inning stretch
Simple prompts to help you reflect, refocus, and reengage
A clear next step to build healthy, high-impact rhythms this summer
This isn’t about doing more—it’s about leading with clarity, connection, and purpose in the season that matters most.
About the Creator
Alan Briggs is a leadership coach, author, adventurer, and co-founder of Stay Forth, where he helps catalytic leaders leverage catalytic moments for systemic change.
He serves as a mountain guide for the leadership journey—coaching leaders through sabbaticals, strategic decisions, and burnout recovery. Through Stay Forth, Working Genius consulting, and Gather—a leadership ecosystem based in Colorado Springs—Alan equips leaders to live and lead with clarity, purpose, and sustainability.
Alan has explored Antarctica, backpacked New Zealand, summited countless mountain peaks, and regularly retreats into the Colorado wilderness to recharge. He brings that same spirit of adventure and intentional reflection into every coaching relationship and leadership tool he creates.
He is the author of AntiBurnout, a practical guide to helping leaders find lightness and longevity, and the co-author of the Right Side Up Journal, a 90-day tool trusted by leaders and creatives worldwide. His next book, The Sabbatical Journey: A Field Guide to Prepare For, Experience, and Return From a Life-Changing Sabbatical, releases June 2025.
Alan lives in Colorado with his wife and four adventurous kids—and believes the best leadership often begins around a campfire, on a trail, or in sacred, unhurried space.
