The Lean Lounge with Jeff Gray

Jeff is joined in The Lean Lounge by bestselling renowned author, entrepreneur, and successful black woman business leader, Debrena Jackson Gandy. Listen and learn how Debrena built success over the years by instituting, refining and sharing her three pillars for success with leaders. Pillar 1: Business Training, Consulting and Coaching for all leaders seeking to learn and grow within. Pillar 2: Personal Empowerment and Transformation with a focus on women thought leaders within communities and industries. While expanding into sharing practices within the male leadership arena. Pillar 3: Love Relationships, tune into Debrena’s next visit to The Lean Lounge for an in-depth exploration on this one. Enjoy the conversation Jeff and Debrena Jackson Gandy have and share it with your colleagues.

Jeff is joined in the lounge by Kendra Wiiest, Co-founder of Profectus Business Consulting. Kendra shares her passion for helping individuals and organizations through her coaching and mentoring approaches that empower her clients to achieve their vision and goals in life.
Kendra is a former 911 operator and realized her calling to help others succeed through transforming and re-building their life and business strategies to attain and sustain any accomplishments they desire. Tune in and gather a few “Nuggets of Knowledge” to begin or continue along your path to leadership, business management, and marketing success within your journey.

Jeff is joined in The Lean Lounge by Deana Scott, CEO of Raving Consulting. Deana shares how she and her husband Brady embraced their vision to acquire a well know and highly respected Tribal Gaming and Hospitality support organization. Deana walks listeners through how they knew, together, it was time to expand the Raving brand and offer leading edge educational, operational and strategic services to help tribal business entities and organizations expand, grow, and compete. Jeff and Deana’s conversation is full of “Nuggets of Knowledge”, in-site and humor that will engage listeners and help them define their vision and path to success. Current and future leaders within any industry or entity, don’t miss this informative conversation that will inspire and excel you into the realm of opportunity.

Jeff Gray is joined by Lance Calloway, Northern District Manager for the Association of General Contractors (AGC) in Washington State. Lance shares many “Nuggets of Knowledge” around how the industry has evolved and is embracing some of the new facets of operations management within the trillion-dollar construction industry in the US. This engaging conversation walks listeners through how technology, younger workforce demographics, diversity and inclusion initiatives and apprenticeship programs are reshaping the landscape and opportunities for all within this expansive industry.
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Jeff is joined in The Lean Lounge by Kimberly Martin from Cyneburg Services. Kimberley shares how she switched gears from 11 years in graphic design to becoming a women owned and highly respected designer and builder of high-end residential decks. Listen in and gather a few “Nuggets of Knowledge” for any women, or men in construction wanting to enter the lucrative industry of self-reliance, ownership and overcoming challenges as you build your passion for working with wood and precision.

Jeff Gray the host of The Lean Lounge is joined by an old friend, Mr. Wayne Autumn. Author of Lead from Strength, a truly spectacular book that every current and future leader needs in their toolbox. Wayne is a nationally known author, speaker, and consultant and is the founder and president of Ottum Enterprises, LLC. In this episode Wayne shares his “Nuggets of Knowledge” in the fields of personnel, professional, and business development leadership methods. Jeff and Wayne have an engaging conversation that will help you with your personal, and professional roadmap to discovering your unique gifts and incredible power that already lies within you.
Whether you are a current successful business leader, entrepreneur, or a young person on the rise. This extraordinary must read and apply methodology will yield successful results throughout your life journey.    

Jeff talks about applying some of the Lean Operations Management methods to identify, define and mitigate risk for any type of business or organization. Most operations don’t know how to assess the negative impact risk(s) bring to the organization until it “kicks them in the ass”! By then it’s too late and the pain of recovery begins which bleeds even more resources, revenue and customer satisfaction. Listen in and take away a few “Nuggets of Knowledge” on the Lean methods used to assess the financial loss of risk and techniques to mitigation, and even eliminate it from your E2E operations.

Jeff Gray is joined by Paula Allen, Director of Leadership Development and Guest Services for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and 7 Cedars Resort. You will thoroughly enjoy the conversation and see how Paula took on the task to help her team manage and defuse some of the challenges within the gaming and hospitality industry. Paula’s approach, humor and experiences have catapulted her to train, coach and mentor hundreds of tribal members across America as a partner with Raving Consulting. Paula and Jeff share how the use of the enneagram has helped leaders and organizations balance teams to be more efficient and effective within their organization to assist in eliminating business challenges. Listen in, grab a few “Nuggets of Knowledge” and support Paula as she ventures on to a new endeavor named “The Allen Academy”.

Jay Arthur, President and CEO of QI Macros visits Jeff Gray in The Lean Lounge for a very invigorating and humorous conversation that is full of “Nuggets of Knowledge”. Jeff and Jay share some of the experiences they have had as Lean practitioners over the years, and the ups and downs throughout this enlightening conversation. Jay, the “KnowWare Man” teaches people how to eliminate delay, defects and variation in one day. He is a “Money Belt” for organizations and knows how to use data to fix broken processes to save time, money, and lives. You must listen in and hear why “No-one Wants to Read Your Spreadsheet”!

Fluke Metal Products is a fourth generation family business that has been manufacturing and producing the highest quality precision parts for over 60 years. The family owned operation supplies some of the most intricate mission critical, and life saving precision medical device parts for major global manufacturers.
Listen to how Lean Six Sigma methods have helped Fluke Metal Products assess operations and apply Lean Six Sigma to consistently achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction and sustain a product quality level second to none within their industry.