Kim Brown Sims’ guest this week is Jay Hodge, a Lean healthcare and management system leader. He is also the founder and president of Jay Hodge & Associates—a Lean management consulting company specializing in strategy development, Lean leadership, and team development. Jay is a published author of The Lean Treasure Chest and Photos of Fatherhood. He says the legacy he works on every day is trying to leave people he interacts with feeling like he loved them. In this episode, Kim and Jay discuss real leadership, challenges in parenting, leaving a legacy, and how the little things in life mean the most.
Show Notes
☀️ Leaving a legacy is more than just what you see on the surface.
2:21⭐ Jay started his career in the Marine Corps, married the love of his life, and worked with large companies.
3:49👔 The epitome of leadership is giving credit to the people who do the work.
5:17💉 The day Jay’s wife gave him news that made him feel more scared than he’d ever felt before.
07:42⛳ Removing obstacles for your child vs. showing your child how to overcome obstacles.
13:45🤝 Parenting an 18-year-old child is like leading through influence in business.
16:43👣 Phases of growing up.
18:56🎙️ Jay started his podcast,
The Thousand Year Legacy, in order to capture how we create and leave a legacy.
21:08😎 A legacy can be positive or negative.
23:35🥰 “He loved me” is the legacy Jay would like to leave in this world.
25:46🎯 “You can be a leader every day in your own life.”
32:122️⃣ Two types of legacies.
35:52🏫 Jay and his wife, Barbara, provide scholarships for outgoing high school seniors as a way to say thank you and serve their community.
37:05🤩 Jay’s favorite legacy story.
38:17💰 People try to tie their legacy to material things, but a legacy comes from emotions and the heart.
44:12🤯 Leaving the wrong legacy.
46:44👍🏻 Lean concepts for leadership.
50:19🫂 We are losing mutual respect and care for people who think differently than us.
51:12💪🏻 Legacies of famous people who’ve impacted millions are not more important than the legacy of one dad.
53:37😇 Being humble enough to admit your mistakes can reflect positively on your legacy.
1:00:25🤗 Do not make leadership about you—make it about the people around you.
1:01:27🌺 Kim wants her legacy to be a more inclusive and equitable world.
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Connect with Jay:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-r-hodge-lssbb-mpm-lse-12038314/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-hodge-and-associates-llc-b35a7b116/
Connect with Kim:
Instagram: @kimbrownsims_
What is Pricked?
Kim Brown Sims is a board-certified senior executive, global healthcare & biotech consultant and health worker with over 35 years of experience across nonprofit, hospital and healthcare industries. Kim expresses the value of our clinical providers, nurses, doctors, social workers, mental health providers and discusses issues important to those on the front line, issues that the pandemic has brought to light, issues that have been in play for over 30 years. The Pricked podcast talks about the disruption and the innovation that's needed in health care through the policy changes that need to happen in order for us to truly make this an equitable and healthy world for all.