Professor, Scholar & Founder Dustin Shepherd on Leadership, Trust, Decision-Making & 29 Years in the U.S. Army

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with Retired U.S. Army Sergeant Major, Executive Leadership Professor, Scholar & Founder Dustin Shepherd.After 29 years leading soldiers through complex operational environments and earning 2 Bronze Stars, Dustin Shepherd began a new chapter in higher education, where he teaches executive leadership, studies human behavior, and explores how trust, perception, and decision-making shape individuals and organizations.As the Founder of Polaris Leadership Academy and Tranquility Ocean Adventures, Dustin is on a mission to make a difference. His work draws from decades of military leadership, combat deployments, executive leadership roles, academic research, and experiences working with trauma survivors and their families.In this conversation, Dustin challenges the way we think about leadership and organizational problems, exploring why some of the biggest challenges inside organizations may not actually be leadership problems at all.From his current base in New Mexico — traveling via RV — we get into the whole story: military service, combat leadership, trust, human behavior, decision-making, organizational culture, higher education, trauma, personal transformation, and what comes next.This is a conversation about leadership shaped by experience — and about taking everything you've learned and finding new ways to use it to make a difference.Enjoy this interview with Dustin Shepherd.More Dustin:https://toa4peace.com/For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dhThe Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal:                    https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_b Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.