Lead Yourself to Leadership: Summary

JF Pelley (Jay) was raised in a family business and learned how to build leadership skills at an early age, which has driven him to be a life-long champion for entrepreneurs and small business today. Jay has spent the last 25 years working in the Quality space as a Director of Quality, a Senior Operations Manager of Quality, and Quality Relationship Specialist. He learned very quickly how to get better results by showing people what to do instead of telling them what to do – discovered he had a passion for quality – and learned how quality was interwoven through all aspects of business. Jay left the family business to reconnect with himself and spent a year travelling. Then he went on to college and studied Radio/Television Broadcasting, and then Public Relations. To land a job, Jay crafted an email and sent it to only two recipients – one of which hired him on the spot and he’s been working there for the past 19 years as a Quality Relationship Specialist. Jay is a expert at building relationships and continuous quality improvement. Never afraid to get dirty to solve problems, mostly business problems, but occasionally mechanical or construction to fuel the repair or reno bug. Jay’s an ex-firefighter and an ugly poker player who enjoys discussing business, politics, books, sports. He lives with his family in Nova Scotia, Canada. Visit his website and send him an email, he loves to debate and discuss leadership and quality, but don’t talk about NASCAR and The Patriots. www.ruralrenegade.com