The GR³: Grit, Growth, Grace Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Kim Gibbs and Crissy Morgan to empower highly driven women in male-oriented industries. With authenticity, humility, and vulnerability at its core, this podcast serves as a safe and inspiring space for growth-oriented leaders and business owners to connect, share experiences, and tackle unique challenges. Each episode delivers actionable insights, direct conversations, and relatable stories to reduce isolation and cultivate a thriving community. GR3 stands for growth, resilience, and strength, reflecting the qualities this audience values most.
Crissy is a results-driven manufacturing and operations leader with a passion for growth, servant leadership, and resourcefulness. With over two decades of experience in optimizing processes, developing high-performing teams, and driving continuous improvement, she believes that clarity, connection, and accountability are the keys to success—whether in business or in life.
As a mother of five and an engineer who holds an MBA, Crissy understands the balance between strategy and execution. Her leadership philosophy is simple: small daily gains lead to big, lasting impact. Her focus is on empowering individuals while building cultures of excellence and creating systems that drive efficiency and engagement.
Beyond the factory floor, Crissy lives her values through personal transformation—having lost over 80 pounds and embracing a lifestyle of discipline and resilience. Her mission is to help others unlock their full potential by understanding what truly motivates them to be their best—for themselves and for the business.
Crissy is passionate about leadership, mindset, and continuous improvement, always seeking ways to inspire and challenge others to grow. Because real success is built in the moments between the milestones.
About Crissy.
Kim is a driven and passionate leader known for her empowering approach to leadership with a style that combines directness, humility, and a commitment to supporting others. A graduate of the University of San Diego with a Bachelors in Social Sciences, she has spent her career creating environments where people can succeed, thrive, and grow. As a leader focused on results, Kim thrives on problem-solving, leveraging opportunities, and driving growth by empowering her team and working as a unit. Kim purchased Northwest Machine Works as a co-owner in 2007, successfully navigating and surviving the 2008 recession.
Kim has become known for her resourcefulness, passionate determination, and ability to inspire those around her. She strives to be visionary, grateful, and humble while always being a cheerleader for her team and working to unlock people’s full potential. While results matter, she also believes that growth is just as important as the destination.
Outside of work, Kim is an outdoorswoman at heart and loves skiing, hiking, and spending time by the ocean. In 2016, Kim summited Washington state’s Mt. Rainier. She is a wife, daughter, and mother with a close-knit group of women friends. She is deeply inspired by her mother who has profoundly impacted her with unwavering love and support, pushing her to always be a better version of herself. Her mother taught her that with determination, anything is possible. She also attributes much of her drive to her husband and business partner, who is also her best friend. At 42, the hardest and most rewarding thing she’s done is become a mother.
Aware of her opportunities for improvement, Kim describes herself as constantly working on listening better and communicating more clearly. Her determination to constantly improve herself and her leadership style is matched only by her passion for helping others do the same. She hopes to improve her ability to slow down and enjoy the journey.