{"id":18210,"date":"2025-01-17T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbinsurance.com\/?post_type=insight&p=18210"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:37:04","slug":"gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article “Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gray Nester, Chief Information Officer, was featured in a The Heller Report article, “Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently.”<\/p>\n

In this authored article, Nester shares his advice for building and supporting an IT Team capable of managing challenges independently.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we interview, our focus isn\u2019t on technical capability,\u201d says Nester. \u201cAt Brown & Brown, we look for curious, resourceful, and entrepreneurial individuals. We want more than just tech specialists; we want people who are excited to contribute to something bigger than themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here to read<\/span> <\/a>Gray’s insightful article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article “Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":18211,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"insight_category":[130,132,147,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-18210","1":"insight","2":"type-insight","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"insight_category-corporate-news","7":"insight_category-in-the-media","9":"insight_category-thought-leadership"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article "Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently" - Brown & Brown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article "Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently"\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article "Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article "Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brown & Brown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/\",\"name\":\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \\\"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\\\" - Brown & Brown\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-17T20:37:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \\\"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"us\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"us\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Insights\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/news-events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article “Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/\",\"name\":\"Brown & Brown\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"us\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Brown & Brown\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"us\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-BBRetail002-RGBrevs.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-BBRetail002-RGBrevs.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":136,\"caption\":\"Brown & Brown\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\" - Brown & Brown","description":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\"","og_description":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/","og_site_name":"Brown & Brown","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/","name":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\" - Brown & Brown","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png","datePublished":"2025-01-17T20:37:04+00:00","description":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article \"Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"us","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"us","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Media-Header-13-.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-the-heller-report-article-clarify-coach-and-get-out-of-the-way-empowering-it-teams-to-perform-independently\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Insights","item":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/news-events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gray Nester Featured in The Heller Report Article “Clarify, Coach and Get Out of the Way: Empowering IT Teams To Perform Independently”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/","name":"Brown & Brown","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"us"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#organization","name":"Brown & Brown","url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"us","@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-BBRetail002-RGBrevs.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-BBRetail002-RGBrevs.png","width":1000,"height":136,"caption":"Brown & Brown"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/18210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/18210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_category?post=18210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}