To lead, serve your team first, says coach

•  A happy and engaged workforce is the backbone of organizational success •  “Life is too short to live stuck in a rut”   (Total Recorded Time is 17:41)    How do you get to be a popular leadership coach?   Here’s one way: “I was a failed pre-med student,” says Jerry Dugan, who has developed a career and business of coaching executives to become more effective leaders.  In two decades of offering his training sessions, Mr. Dugan reminds leaders of a fundamental too often forgotten:  A happy and engaged workforce is the backbone of any successful organization.  In this edition of Bizgnus Interviews, Jerry Dugan offers insights from his two decades as a leadership coach.  Please click here to watch the interview: https://youtu.be/BgvX6mHAhYw After two decades of leadership experience, for nearly eight years Mr. Dugan has been the host of the Beyond the Rut podcast. But on the air or as a coach, he says that at his core is the concept of “servant leadership.”  “In a nutshell, it is taking care of the people who report to you so that they can take care of the mission or the customer,” Mr. Dugan says. “I learned it in the military.  It’s communicating to the team.”   He says his personal mantra has helped guide him.  “Life is too short to live stuck in a rut,” Mr. Dugan says, “So really think about what you want out of life. What do you want to be known for after you’re gone?  What kind of impact do you want to make?  “Go start making that impact now. Life’s too short, too fragile … and it’s too quick,” he says.   For more information:  https://beyondtherut.com/