Paw Prints on Leadership: What a Service Dog Taught Us About Leading Well

In this episode of Dog Works Radio, Robert sits down with longtime friend and client Dr. Lisa DeVore, calling in from South Korea, to talk about her new book Paw Prints on Leadership: What My Service Dog Bailey Taught Me About Leadership.

Lisa shares how Bailey, a once-stray dog who became her trained psychiatric service dog, helped her navigate life, work, military contracting, and the stress of living abroad. Together, Robert and Lisa revisit Bailey's early days in training, the challenges of public access, how a dog can change someone's presence and confidence, and how those lessons mapped directly onto her doctoral work in strategic leadership.

They talk about approachability, responsibility, accountability, empowerment, adaptability, and what it means to lead and follow at the right moments. Lisa also walks through the long process of writing her book through her DSL program and why she finished it the morning after Bailey passed away.

There's also a giveaway: the first five listeners who identify the food Bailey steals in the story will win a copy of the book sent directly from Amazon.

00:00 Intro
03:00 The origins of Bailey
07:40 Beginning the doctoral journey
11:20 Turning grief into a project
14:00 What Bailey taught about leadership
18:45 Duo extraordinaire
21:10 Responsibility and accountability
24:00 Empowerment and trust
26:30 Flight toward presence
29:45 Rapid-fire questions
32:40 How to find Lisa's book
33:15 Giveaway details