23. Stories of Resilience with Kathy Gray

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kathy Gray is the owner of Creative Creators Learning Centers in Williamsburg, Virginia. Kathy has 3 daughters ages 17-25 and regularly hangs out with them and has weekly trivia night. She leads 78 teachers, over 380 families, and has been through her share of challenges and personal health scares with her husband Curt. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kathy is an inspiration to school leaders everywhere for what's possible when you get deeply involved in the kind of life you want to create. She has sustained consistent growth in her journey as an owner and has stayed true to what she desires to build. She is committed to the opportunities that she wants to create for the people that she employs, and is indeed an inspiration to many school owners. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tune in to listen to a leader who takes her role of training and coaching her people very seriously.</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In a nutshell, Kathy talks about:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her husband's cancer diagnosis and how that changed the course of their life. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Critical decisions that she's made around closures and what she wanted to do with the parents. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Some of the practices that she's been so committed to have helped her ride this season with her team.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Intentionally choosing to spend time in relationship building.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the community of other school owners has helped her pull herself out of some of those hardest, loneliest moments.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-we