15. Dr. Paul Kotz on Helping Mayfield, Kentucky Rebuild After the Tornado Outbreak and Making an Impact through Joy, Kindness and Servant Leadership - a podcast by How Are You Helping?

Dr. Paul E Kotz is the author of the CIPA Award Winning book, Profiles in Kindness: Stories of Inspiration and Everyday Leadership. He has also written Something Happened Today, published in 2018, a book which discusses stories of mentorship which also received a CIPA award, and most recently, he just released Start Late, Finish Happy: Random Encounters - Unexpected Joy, his latest book which contains stories and anecdotes about inspiration, making mistakes, and finding happiness.

Dr. Kotz has volunteered at Minnesota Veterans House for the past 8 years assisting veterans, he is a father, and he has devoted some of his own time and resources to help rebuild Mayfield, Kentucky following the devastating tornado outbreak that swept through several states just over a month ago. On the night of December 10, 2021, and continuing into Dec. 11th, a deadly outbreak of powerful tornados swept through several states including Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois. Dozens of lives were lost, and there was catastrophic damage and wreckage in numerous towns, wiping out homes and livelihoods.

Dr. Kotz is a Professor at Saint Mary’s University - Doctorate in Leadership Program. He teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Ethics, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategies for Adult Learning Theory, and Statistical Research Methods.

In this episode, Dr. Kotz shares his motivations behind serving others, lessons he has learned from his childhood, how to mentor and lead graduate students, business professionals and adolescents. Dr. Kotz shares the challenges that he deals with, and some of his lessons learned on mentorship and being an all-around good person. He also shares what veterans have taught him, and his views on family, his Catholic upbringing and how his views on religion have shifted, leadership, self-care, social justice and caring for others.

Order Dr. Kotz's latest book Start Late, Finish Happy: Random Encounters - Unexpected Joy here.

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