Focus on the Future.
Learn from the Past.
Business challenges are how leaders grow.
The 12-6 Leadership framework helps executives navigate real obstacles, create collaboration, and reduce complexity.
Advisory & Executive CoachingMost executives don't have a shortage of advice. They have a shortage of alternative viewpoints to get to a better solution.That's our work at 12-6 Advisors. Challenge with integrity and professionalism.The 12-6 Leadership Framework is the navigation system. 12 o'clock: Focus on the Future. 6 o'clock: Learn from the Past.Every engagement starts there.Executive Advisory
1:1 advisory engagements for CEOs and owners navigating growth, transition, conflict, or complexity. Structured. Confidential. Direct.Executive Leadership Coaching
Certified Professional Leadership Coach (CPLC) — trained through PCCI, meeting ICF professional standards. Coaching that connects real business challenges to sustainable leadership behavior.Consulting
Short-term engagements for specific problems: organizational design, leadership team dynamics, strategic focus, cost reduction.Leaders who know they can't afford to navigate alone — or with a team that is simply an echo chamber.Use the Contact box on this site. No forms go unanswered.
About Us
Alan B. Hale - President - Facilitator - Executive Leadership CoachAfter graduating from Vanderbilt's school of engineering, he served and flew in the Navy for six years before joining the family travel business as a branch manager. Within a few years, he and his brother had bought the company outright. Over the next two decades, they grew it ten-fold into a national operation with hundreds of employees. He sold his interest in 2004.He then spent five years as a consultant and advisory board leader before purchasing a struggling e-commerce sport travel company — building its sales 30% per year for 9 years before selling to the world's largest company in that space. Since 2018, he has been leading both TwelveSix Advisors and Carbriwalk Corporation.However, his business life was not without challenges, like so many small business entrepreneurs. He is experienced in family business struggles, challenges with business growth, unforeseen events (9-11, Pandemic), and small business cash flow issues. He has also dealt with personnel challenges and personal/family issues that impact one's professional life in profound ways. Over the years, Alan attributes much of his ability to "weather the storms" to his faith and his participation in peer-to-peer advisory boards.During the pandemic, he was diagnosed with cancer. Now in deep remission, he experienced firsthand what absolute pressure looks like — and closely observed what separates those who thrive from those who don't. By listening to others on the same path, he identified traits with direct application to leadership and has woven them into his core advisory work.Alan is also an experienced Executive Leadership Coach and has earned the CPLC (Certified Professional Leadership Coach) designation. With thousands of hours of professional training and coaching — and a career as a leader spanning decades — he brings practical business experience, and the education and training in coaching from PCCI, which meets ICF professional requirements.Learn more about Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanbhale
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Keynote Speaker
Real experience. A proven framework. No fluff.Alan B. Hale, President of 12-6 Advisors has been in the room where hard decisions get made — in the military, in business, and navigating the realities of family businesses, irregular business cycles, and a cancer diagnosis.His keynotes are built on one premise: leadership isn't inspirational. It's navigational.The strongest leaders rarely navigate alone — and never without intention.Leaders Must DUCS
Four things every leader must do — and most don't. Decide. Understand. Communicate. Stay. Built for leadership teams, manager conferences, and high-potential development programs.The 12-6 Leadership Framework
A keynote. 12 o'clock looks forward. 6 o'clock learns from the past. The clock face is the framework for how leaders navigate complexity, reduce cost, and build legacy. Front-line to C-suite. Leadership conferences to company all-hands.Cancer Takes GUTS
Leadership under the worst kind of pressure. What a cancer diagnosis taught a Navy veteran and entrepreneur about grit, humility, and what actually matters. The talk that hits hardest. Not for every audience — right for the right one.Navigating AI as a Leader
Not a tech talk. A leadership talk. What every CEO needs to understand about AI — and the decisions they can't delegate. Grounded in daily heavy use — not spectator.Booking: Alan speaks at corporate leadership events, executive retreats, CEO forums, association conferences, and military/veteran leadership programs. Contact via the Contact box on this site. Response within 24 business hours.Speaker Bio (for event programs): Alan is a Navy veteran, commissioned through the NROTC program, and a retired reservist. He graduated from Vanderbilt's school of engineering. After military service, he became an entrepreneur, consultant, and executive advisor. He co-led and built a family travel company into a national operation, sold it, bought a struggling e-commerce company, grew it 30% annually for nine years, then sold it to the world's largest competitor in the industry. He is the founder of TwelveSix Advisors and the author of the 12-6 Leadership Framework. He speaks on leadership navigation, business resilience, and the cost of leading without intention.
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