{"id":2124,"date":"2022-01-17T04:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tle.hulltechsolutions.com\/?page_id=2124"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:33:38","slug":"brad-hays-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theleadershipexchange.org\/index.php\/brad-hays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Hays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"iw-heading   style1 vc_custom_1745501325451\"><div class=\"iwh-sub-title\">TLE President and Chairman of the Board<\/div><h1 class=\"iwh-title\" style=\"font-size:40px\">Brad Hays<\/h1><\/div>[vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; padding: 20px; max-width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/theleadershipexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Brad.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Hays\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brad Hays has enjoyed a life journey like no other. He is known for his love of the Lord, his wife Eileen, their 14 grandchildren and the realm of business. Brad, matured through personal adversity and decades of business successes and challenges, now coaches numerous business professionals from CEO\u2019s and business owners all the way out to the front lines. Guided by a personal purpose statement, \u201capply God\u2019s transforming word in the workplace,\u201d this seasoned executive now spends his energy distributing his practical experience and deepest insight to all that may have need. Faith, Life and Business are the lenses by which Brad observes the world.<\/p>\n<p>Hays gained business acumen from over 40 years of widely varied businesses including large enterprises (Pennzoil Products Company and AlliedSignal), a strategic consulting firm, and three privately funded start-up companies. Hays\u2019 interest turned to working with company leadership that led him to launch Leaven Exchange, which is an organization focused on Leadership Development and Executive Coaching.<\/p>\n<p>Hays currently sits on the Board of Directors for The Gathering of Men Houston. Hays is served as Houston Area Chairperson for Convene, the past Director of the Center for Christianity in Business at Houston Baptist University and Board Member for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Texas. All of these endeavors are outlets for his giftedness in Leadership Development and Executive Coaching.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Hays is a fourth generation Texan with family roots back to the times of Stephen F. Austin Land Grants. 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