LINE OF DEPARTURE
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THE EXPERT
Jay Graves
My name is Jay, I during the past 30+ years, I have devoted my life to training, developing, and managing teams and team members to accomplish missions. In the U.S. Marine Corps it was combat missions, in police work, it was criminal interdiction, and in business it was running successful businesses by building teams and achieving revenue goals.
I am extremely passionate about training and developing team members by providing them with the knowledge they need to become their absolute best. I founded Operation-Outstanding to take the experience I have gained over the past 30 years and share it with those individuals looking for a competitive edge, those companies looking for an opportunity to upskill their mid and upper mid level managers, or the event promoter looking for a dynamic speaker to provide real world lessons learned and inspiration for those attending.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
World-Class Results
· Multiple meritorious promotions and awards.
· Developed and promoted 16 mid management team members.
· Founder, Geared Up Spinning & Fitness Studio.
· Author, Jay F. Graves blog.
· Author, “Line of Departure- Outstanding Starts Here”.
· Speaker, Gold’s Gym, International Convention 3 years.
· Guest, Gym Owners Business Podcast.
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MISSION
Full Potential
I have combined my 30+ years of experience and education to create a principle based approach along with actionable strategies that teach professionals how to become more successful and thus thrive in life and high-performance environments, where stress & pressure are always present and competition is fierce.
My program gives professionals the opportunity to participate in a progressive personal development experience that will help them establish a rock-solid base for becoming the leader, team builder, and performer that will get them recognized, set them apart from others, and help them to become more successful, professionally and personally.
JAY'S STORY
I once met an author and businessman who had accidentally stumbled onto a box which contained all his tax returns from his years of work. As would anyone, he wanted to know the total sum of earnings he had obtained. As he added the returns, year after year, he came up with a total and that total landed him in the top 10% of wage earners in the nation. He thought to himself, “I am not special. I went to a regular high school, attended a normal college, and was never the top student”. He wondered what it was about him that landed him in a category where he would be paid at this level. He began to do some research to figure this out and eventually wrote a book about it.
As I reviewed my life, I have been extremely fortunate. From humble beginnings in rural, south central Ohio, working in the hayfields for local farmers to several meritorious promotions in the Marine Corps, to law enforcement where I was promoted to Field Training Officer and eventually Police Detective.
From running a group fitness studio to earning six promotions over 6 years, while employed by a global fitness brand, eventually landing me in a VP role, which I had previously thought was not possible to obtain. This was OUTSTANDING! I seemed to have found success, and when I looked at myself, I really didn’t see anything that one would say set me apart, based on society's interpretations of an OUTSTANDING candidate. I have a high school diploma and some additional education, but nothing that one would say is going to make someone OUTSTANDING in their field.
What I do have is a burning desire to learn and improve. Along with that is a passion for developing those I work with to help them become OUTSTANDING. Additionally, I have been blessed to have some of the wisest, most selfless, and caring mentors and support partners, a person could ask for, and they have always been a source of inspiration, encouragement, and guidance.
This training is not about my success, or about any success I have created. It is, however, a blueprint that I believe is the starting point for success. The principles you will study during this training are, in fact, principles that I have followed and have greatly contributed to OUTSTANDING individual and team success during the past 30 years I have spent training, developing, and leading human beings.
Through this training, you will establish your system for success and you take your career and your personal life to OUTSTANDING levels that you had previously thought impossible.
