Iris Grimm - Barking Up the Right Tree: Leadership Lessons from Dog Training

Iris Grimm
If you are a dog lover, you will also love this interview!
I spoke with Iris Grim, who discussed the parallels between corporate leadership and dog training. She explains that her program, "Dog On Leadership," leverages the ordinary experience of dog ownership to teach critical leadership skills.
Iris emphasizes that there are many similarities between dog behavior and training and effective leadership in the workplace. Her program aims to help leaders thrive in their roles by fostering better relationships and achieving results without compromising either.
Iris highlights that leadership requires adapting to various individuals' needs, much like understanding and responding to different dogs' behaviors. Participants can enhance their leadership abilities at work by improving their leadership skills with their dogs.
She also addresses the broader goal of reducing the number of dogs in shelters by encouraging program participants to adopt rescue dogs.
This approach benefits the dogs and offers valuable lessons in patience, communication, and empathy, which can be directly applied to managing teams in a business setting.
The interview illuminates the holistic benefits of this method, illustrating how nurturing leadership skills with dogs can create a more harmonious and effective work environment while also addressing broader societal issues.
As a dog owner and lover, I really enjoyed this interview. I hope you do too!
Iris's Leadership Website - irisgrimm.com/
It's not the Dog Website - itsnotthedog.com/
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