Your Growth Guides:
Dr. Will Gray
Dr. Will Gray
Will is an organizational growth specialist. He’s also been an entrepreneur since the age of 8, when he dug seams of clay out of a creek, packed them in Ziploc bags and carried them around the neighborhood in his Radio Flyer wagon until he had sold every one.
His work as a growth strategist, writer, and creative director has allowed him to work alongside more than 150 leadership teams across many different industries. During that time, he’s been honored to win many local, national, and even international awards for his work.
Will is especially gifted at understanding an organization’s True Self, and how personalized systems can best help unlock that organization into multiple bottom line flourishing.
Will is an unashamed film lover, foodie, and champion of fantastic local businesses.
Preparation
Ph.D. in English, University of St Andrews
Advanced study at the Universities of Oxford and London
Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center training
StoryBrand training
Additional learning from The Table Group, Design Thinking, Co-active Coaching, and Nonviolent Communication
Consulting experience with 150+ organizations and their leadership teams
Mark Lupton
Mark Lupton
Mark is an organizational growth specialist. He grew up in Texas, but now calls Hawaii home. Aloha!
He’s convinced that not all growth is healthy, but that all healthy businesses bear fruit.
And he’s had the opportunity to learn that the best possible way—first through the unusual focus on healthy growth at the Acton School of Business, and then through opportunities to serve as an analyst, CEO advisor, and even outsourced CFO for businesses in multiple industries. He has also helped multiple small businesses and non-profit clients raise multi-seven figures by turning data into story.
Mark loves playing soccer and basketball, and his family is helping to plant an Anglican church on Maui.
Preparation
MBA, Acton School of Business — named the Acton Scholar of his graduating class
Outsourced CFO, analyst, and executive advisor to CEOs in multiple industries