Creating Opportunities with Paul Huszar: Lead to Succeed 88
Veterans generally struggle aligning their skillsets with the required credentials when transitioning back into the “civilian” world. Therefore, providing opportunities and trainings to help them navigate their credentials is important.
In this episode, Paul Huszar shares his experience working with veterans and the importance of creating an avenue for them. Paul is the CEO of VetCor, a restoration company focused on creating employment opportunities for veterans. He is also the CEO of Team VetCor which focuses on creating business ownership opportunities for veterans and their families through franchising VetCor.
As a retired officer himself, Paul graduated from West Point then served 23 years on active duty including four tours in Iraq. He commanded a 1,000+ Soldier and Airmen and last served as the Dean of the Army’s Engineer School. His passion is creating sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities, now business ownership opportunities for our nation’s heroes.
Listen in and learn the importance of creating opportunities for veterans.
This episode is sponsored by the Impactful Business Leadership Mastermind.
The mastermind brings together hungry entrepreneurs and business owners who want to scale their business, share ideas and solutions, grow, and be held accountable, and build their networks.
Key Talking Points of the Episode:
[02:52] The struggles that veterans face and how Paul started his journey of giving them more opportunities
[08:55] How does the military prepare their veterans for the life after their service?
[13:06] The qualities that Paul looks for in people and his strategies to get them onboard
[12:15] How Paul gets people, especially those who are formerly from the military, to share their own creative ideas
[21:17] Paul’s vision on VetCor franchising and his experience working with the team
[25:17] Things that Paul feels leaders can do, not only to demonstrate empathy but also to help people who need support
[30:38] A failure that Paul grew and learned from, and how he overcame it
[34:08] Rapid fire questions
Standout Quotes from the Episode:
“We see talent typically much differently.”
“You will see opportunities long before I ever do.”
“I believe leadership is getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
“I think any leader [should] establish purpose, communicate purpose throughout their organization, and communicate where their team members fit in.”
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