2014 Alabama SHRM State Conference Speakers
Step Up Your HR Game
Tuesday, May 13
1:30 - 2:45
Session 1
HRCI:
Approval Pending
Title: Step Up Your Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness Game
Overview: HR Professionals will learn how to step up their employee benefits game by gaining a better understanding of the importance of
developing and communicating effective employee benefits and wellness plans.
Organizations struggle with creative ways to assist employees with a “holistic” approach to their health and welfare. They realize successful
programs can help employees be healthier and increase the bottom line by decreasing healthcare costs. It can also decrease employee time
away from work, increase productivity, and even increase morale.
This panel discussion will identify ways to improve communication campaigns that will help improve organizational perception, and drive
adoption and engagement in health, wellness and incentive programs. You will learn about best-practice examples and get tips to help you
communicate to your employees about the importance, scope and strength of your benefits offerings. It will also provide insights into
initiatives for transforming your work culture that are clever, work friendly and have a positive impact on morale, productivity, health,
recruitment and retention.
Panelists:
Scott Smith, EVP Director of Employee Benefits – SS Nesbitt & Company
Scott began his benefit career in 1995 as a healthcare consultant with New England Financial in Atlanta. Moving back to Alabama in 1999,
he continued to expand his medical consulting practice and also started his own firm specializing in benefit communication and enrollment.
In 2004, Scott’s firm was acquired by Northwestern Benefits of Alabama, and in 2009, he was named the President and CEO. Scott joined
S.S. Nesbitt & Company in 2013 as Executive Vice President- Director of Employee Benefits when Northwestern Benefits of Alabama was
acquired by the EBSCO Industries subsidiary. Scott brings unique experience and is considered a thought leader and is a sought after
speaker on the topics of leadership, strategic employee communication and sales growth strategies.
Michelle Pawlik - Hand in Paw Animal Assisted Therapy Team
Michelle is a Corporate Health and Wellness expert. She currently serves as an animal assisted therapy team for Hand in Paw. Her
education and experiences include: Teacher Re-certification, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama. General Science. B.S.
Nursing, honors, University of Tennessee Medical Units, Memphis, Tennessee. B.S., cum laude, University of Memphis, Memphis,
Tennessee- Dual Majors: Microbiology and Second Education.
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Tuesday, May 13
3:00 – 4:45
Session 2
HRCI:
Approval Pending
Panelists:
Title: Step Up Your HR Brand (Competence, Confidence and Credibility)
Overview: This session identifies specific ways human resource professionals can dramatically enhance their competences, confidence and
credibility to be the strategic business partner desired from C-Suite leaders. Our panel of experts will provide practical examples that will
allow you to be indispensable to your organization while boosting your function’s value laced with a bit of self-promotion to help you step up
your HR brand.
You will learn how to gain personal credibility and buy-in for your initiatives, gain internal and external human resource credibility, look, feel,
walk and talk the part of a confident professional, develop the competencies that guarantee professional success and use your role to
become more relevant as a business leader by aligning your strategies with your CEO’s priorities.
Michelle Clemon, SPHR, JD - UCP of Greater Birmingham
Michelle Clemon brings fifteen years of experience in employment law and human resources management as a licensed attorney and
executive human resources professional. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Yale University in 1996 and her law
degree from Columbia Law School in 1999.
Michelle currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham (UCP), where she is responsible for
the implementation of UCP’s strategic plan to expand and position the organization as a continued leader in services and programs for
children and adults with disabilities. She practiced labor and employment law for a number of years with the Birmingham office of Maynard,
Cooper & Gale. Following her time at Maynard, Michelle served as Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs for
McWane, Inc., a Birmingham-based manufacturer. More recently, she served as President/CEO of The Clemon Consulting Group, a human
resources consulting firm with an emphasis on compliance/governance and organizational development. Michelle is an active community
volunteer, having most recently served as the Chairman of the Board of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. She also serves as a Trustee
for Miles School of Law.
Robin Schooling, SPHR – Owner, Silver Zebras, LLC
With 25 years of HR Management experience, Robin Schooling, SPHR, has worked in a variety of industries including gaming, health care,
manufacturing and banking. In 2013, after serving as VP Human Resources with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation for 7 years, Robin
opened up Silver Zebras, LLC, where she works with organizations to develop integrated HR and Talent Strategies that drive business
success. She’s a member of the Smartbrief on Workforce Advisory Board and has served on the Boards of Directors for Geaux Veterans,
and the Louisiana Business Leadership Network, which focuses on providing positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
Robin is a Past President of the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), a former board member with
ASTD Baton Rouge, an active member of the Baton Rouge Social Media Association and a longtime volunteer leader with the Louisiana
SHRM State Council. In 2012, Greater Baton Rouge SHRM awarded Robin its “HR Professional of the Year Award.”
A regular speaker at HR & business conferences around the country, she has a popular HR blog at HRSchoolhouse, is a contributor to the
blogs WomenofHR, SHRM’s We Know Next, and regularly provides content for other global channels. She was recently named one of the
The Top 100 Most Social Human Resources Experts On Twitter by the Huffington Post and one of the 25 people most retweeted by
recruiters by ere.net (Electronic Recruiting Exchange).
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Eunice Ellliott – NBC Alabama’s 13
Eunice is a proud graduate of The University of Alabama where she earned a Journalism/Theatre degree in 1997. A week after graduation,
Eunice moved to Bristol, Connecticut where she started out in public relations and later moved over to the production side as a production
assistant on ESPN’s Flagship program, SportsCenter. Not a fan of the cold temperatures and snow, Eunice sought an opportunity to
continue to grow her skill set in Media and joined the NFL’s Tennessee Titans as a Media Relations Assistant.
During her time with the Titans, she gained invaluable experience in media training, regional/national story pitches and enjoyed working
closely with the NFL and its member teams during the Titans run to the Super Bowl. That hard work paid off as Eunice was a part of the
Media Relations staff that was rewarded with The Pete Rozelle Award as voted by the Pro Football Writers Association for the best Public
Relations Staff in the NFL. Later career moves saw Eunice living in Miami while working with the FedEx Orange Bowl Committee’s Media
Relations staff, and in Atlanta working with a high profile sports agency before she started her own public relations firm offering media
training/publicity/marketing services to professional athletes.
Eunice has started several ventures including an athlete relocation company called Tradewinds & Created/Executive Produced a television
program for Comcast called The Other Side of The Bench, featuring the Atlanta Falcons. She was also recognized as one of Rolling Out
Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Women in Atlanta. Eunice performs regularly as a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, & corporate
trainer and can be seen daily as the traffic reporter on Alabama’s 13’s morning show, TODAY in Alabama. She also enjoys acting, radio
broadcasting and writing/producing new television shows.
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Opening Keynote
Wednesday, May 14
8:25-9:35am
Room: Ballroom
Talent Management
HRCI:
Preapproved for Strategic Business
Title: Ubuntu: Inspiring Teamwork & Collaboration at Work
Sense of Purpose, Connectedness and Unity Among Your Team Members
Multi-million copy best-selling author Dr. Bob Nelson (1001 Ways to Reward Employees) shares his expertise and energy to show
managers and organizations how to obtain new levels of focus, excitement and results in any work environment through the principles of
Ubuntu as based on the parable he co-authored with Dr. Stephen Lundin (co-author of the mega-million copy best-selling Fish! series).
Dr. Nelson delivers a passionate, inspiring, high-energy multi-media program that intertwines fun & creativity, learning & application, and
numerous examples and best practices from business, sports, politics & music in applying this traditional African principle of
connectedness and unity to the world of work today. This session will be filled with specific real-life examples and techniques that can be
immediately applied back on the job by attendees to systematically leverage, build and sustain a culture of teamwork, motivation and
engagement in their workplace. Learning objectives include:
• The Core Principles & Philosophy of Ubuntu
• Inspiring Others to Greatness at Work
• Harnessing Individual Strengths to Create Stronger Teams
• Creating a Shared Vision and Sense of Purpose
• Creating Greater Rapport from Shared Experiences at Work
• Creative Ways to Recognize Team Effort and Results
Speaker: Dr. Bob Nelson – President, Nelson Motivation Inc.
Dr. Bob Nelson is one of the world’s leading authorities on employee motivation and engagement. He is president of Nelson Motivation
Inc. (www.DrBobNelson.com), a management training and consulting company that specializes in helping organiztions improve their
management practices, programs and systems; a co-founder of Recognition Professionals International; and previously worked closely
with Dr. Ken Blanchard (co-author of The One Minute Manager) as his vice president, chief of staff and ghost writer for ten years. Dr.
Nelson has sold 4 million books on management and employee motivation, including 1501 Ways to Reward Employees (the original
edition of which sold 1/6 million copies), The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook, 1001 Ways to Energize Employees, 1001 Ways to
Take Initiative at Work, The Management Bible, Keeping Up in a Down Economy, and Ubunti! An Inspiring Story About an African
Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration. He has appeared extensively in the national media including CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC,
PBS, NPR and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washing Post, The Chicago Tribune, Fortune,
Business Week and Inc. magazines to discuss how to best motivate today’s employees. He received an MBA in organizational behavior
from UC Berkeley and earned his PhD in management with Dr. Peter Drucker (The Father of Modern Management) at the Peter F.
Drucker Graduate Management School of the Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. He teaches organizational behavior for the
Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego.
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Concurrent Session - A Title: Why the Best CEOs are Turning to HR to Lead the Organization Through Today's Top Five Threats
Wednesday, May 14
9:45-10:55am
HRCI:
Preapproved for Strategic Business
Workplace Application: Learn how to leverage your leadership skills to help your company overcome the top five threats to organizational
success. We are entering a new economy and business model with tremendous potential for HR to lead strategic organizational
success. The first of the five threats that will be discussed is the loss of your competitive advantage as other organizations level the
playing field while simultaneously failing to engage your workforce to create and develop new products and services faster than your
competition. Second, we will discuss the cost of reckless hiring, as most analysts agree that 80% of turnover can be attributed to bad
hires. Third, regulatory nightmares can become a huge external nightmare due to the impact that government regulation can have on
your business. The other two threats we will examine are the inability to innovate, and poor leadership and communication skills. You
must be ready to anticipate, respond, adapt, and above all, lead through these critical threats.
Speaker : Jack Smalley ,Director, HR Learning and Development, Express Employment Professionals
Jack serves as Director of Human Resource Learning & Development for Express Employment Professionals international headquarters.
He provides leadership, human resource training and consulting for more than 600 Express offices and their clients in the U.S. and
Canada. Jack offers clients extensive leadership guidance from a progressive career as a Human Resource executive. For the last
thirty years, Jack has devoted his career to the field of leadership and human resources. His experience includes executive-level
management in a number of different industries such as oil, chemical, and packaging with an emphasis in manufacturing, engineering,
sales, logistics, and corporate management.
He is a sought after national keynote speaker. Since 2010 Jack has had over 500 speaking engagements, including numerous state and
local SHRM (Human Resources) conferences, totaling more than 50,000 attendees. Also, Jack has been a regular speaker at the
National SHRM Conferences and will be conducting two mega sessions at the 2014 National SHRM Conference in Orlando. Jack is
included in SHRM’s very small but elite group of “most preferred speakers.” Jack is a member of the Society of Human Resource
Management and hold the designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).
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Concurrent Session - B Title: Step Up Your Legal & Legislative Game
Wednesday, May 14
9:45-10:55am
HRCI:
Approval Pending
Panelists:
Overview: This session will explore the most recent legal and legislative decisions that impact you, your employees and your
organization. Our panel of legal and legislative experts will discuss new legislation, employment laws, court decisions and regulatory
initiatives that will affect how you remain compliant, manage your talent and strategically position your organization for the remainder of
2014. In addition to sharing common pitfalls that can put your organization at risk, our panelists will share action items to help you step
up your knowledge and understanding of employee legal and legislative issues.
Charles A. Powell IV – Attorney - Littler (Law Firm)
Charles A. Powell has represented employers throughout the southeast against employment discrimination and harassment, noncompetition and wage and hour litigation suits for more than 18 years. He has a strong record of successfully defending employers
against various employment and labor law claims. He successfully defeated class certification efforts in a racial harassment case filed by
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and has experience litigating wage and hour collective claims involving misclassification
and off-the-clock issues.
Additionally, Charles offers counseling on compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws to numerous types of
employers, ranging from small businesses to publicly held companies. Practice areas include: Discrimination & Harassment, Complex
Litigation, Jury Trials, Wage & Hour, Competition, Trade Secret Law, Training, Compliance, Ethics, Leadership. Education: J.D.,
University of Alabama School of Law, 1992, M.P.A., University of Alabama, 1989, B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1987
Jamie M. Brabston – Senior Counsel with Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, PC.
Jamie has litigated cases involving sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, disability, age, religion, race and sex discrimination, FMLA,
ERISA, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and breach of contract. Jamie assists
employers in compliance, problem prevention and legal analysis of complex employment issues, as well as conducting investigations to
address employee complaints. She also assists federal government contractors with regard to affirmative action compliance, record
keeping, training, mock audits and audit defense.
Following more than a decade of private practice with a large Huntsville based law firm, Jamie served as General Counsel, Vice
President of Human Resources, and Corporate Secretary for Digital Fusion, Inc., a Huntsville based government contracting firm, from
2006-2009. In 2009, Jamie founded her own employment law compliance business, Practical Employment Solutions, Inc., where she
partnered directly with small businesses, including government contractors, to assist them with a full range of human resource and
employment law compliance needs. Jamie was born and raised in Birmingham. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from
The University of Alabama. During law school, Jamie served as editor of THE LAW & PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW and a member of the Order of
the Barristers, the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, and the Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team, where her team
received the Dillard Award for Best Brief in the world.
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Juanita K. Phillips, SPHR- Director of Human Resources with Intuitive
Mrs. Phillips came to INTUITIVE in 2006 with a background in both government contracting and manufacturing. She brings over twenty
years of experience in developing and promoting human behavior and resources. Her practiced skills add solidity to the company’s base
as INTUITIVE is poised to move forward. Mrs. Phillips is a business oriented professional leading the human resource function to
connect solidly up and down the organizational chain, to engender trust and build relationships and to partner with INTUITIVE’s
leadership across the board to recruit and retain the brightest and best in order to provide customers with outstanding solutions and
support. Her area of responsibility includes the company’s facility security function.
Mrs. Phillips received her Master of Science Degree in Management/Human Resource Management from Florida Institute of Technology,
and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources
(SPHR), and past president of the North Alabama Society for Human Resource Management (NASHRM). She is also the current CoDirector of Governmental Affairs for the Alabama State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Concurrent Session - C
Wednesday, May 144
9:45-10:55am
HRCI:
Preapproved for General
Title: Crucial Accountability®: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations & Bad Behavior
VitalSmarts
Overview: Why don’t employees engage in accountability discussions? Because they don’t want to! Why is Accountability Important? A
culture with weak accountability wastes $1,500 and an eight-hour workday for every accountability discussion avoided. These costs
skyrocket when you consider that 95 percent of a company’s workforce struggles to hold others accountable. Motivation is the answer
when it comes to making accountability a priority and we, as HR Professionals, need this new model that provides these strategies.
Organizations around the world have turned to Crucial Accountability® Training for a methodology to effectively hold others accountable.
More than one million people and three hundred of the Fortune 500 companies have used these skills to improve their organizational
culture and create change for good. Participants in this session will learn real-life applications in an entertaining and engaging format
Sharon Lovoy, SPHR, President, Lovoy’s Team Works Inc.
Sharon is an experienced Human Resources consultant who has developed a thriving practice through proven results and long term
relationships with client organizations. In addition to her SPHR certification, Sharon is a Certified Mediator through Harvard Law School
Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Advanced Mediation through CDR, and has received Dialogue training through DiaLogos,
Cambridge, MA. She has been retained by law firms and state and local governments to conduct Diversity and Prevention of
Harassment training and to intervene to remedy problem behaviors AND create a wholesome work environment. She is a certified
Master Trainer in Crucial Conversations® and is certified to conduct training in Emotional Intelligence, Corporate Coaching ® from
Corporate Coach U, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything® , Influencer®, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Time Management.
Sharon is on the faculty of the Management, Master Management and Training and Development Certificate Programs at the , College
of Continuing Studies and received the Outstanding Faculty Member award. She is also a Career Ministry Organizer, and speaker and
facilitator for churches and community organizations. Sharon is praised for helping clients achieve positive, lasting results in a cost
effective manner and inspire “buy-in” at all levels.
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Conference
Luncheon Keynote
Wednesday, May 14
11:30-12:30pm
Room: Ballroom
HRCI:
Approval Pending
Title: Get Fired Up HR People (And get your employees fired up too!)
Overview: Happier employees set the stage for a happier workplace. But did you know that happier employees actually are 50% more
productive-translating to greater efficiency and a healthier bottom line? In this program, Aric Bostick helps managers and employees get
FIRED UP! by using 7 simple, but powerful, principles to ignite engagement and increase performance-effective immediately.
This session is high-energy, interactive, hands on, engaging, inspirational, and jam packed with practical content to get you FIRED UP
IMMEDIATELY!!
The FIRED UP Model:
Fuel- Happy employees are 50% more productive
Inventory- 77% would work harder for recognition
Reframe- Employee recognition can boost performance 44%
Energize- 60% fewer errors are made by healthy employees
Declare- 20% are motivated by career development opportunities
Understand- 80% lost work time due to a conflict with a colleague
Present- 84% of engaged employees feel they can improve their workplace
Speaker: Aric Bostick
Aric exemplifies one of his favorite quotes: I am not afraid. I was born to do this! (Joan of Arc) Aric Bostick is considered among the
nation’s leading motivational speakers and success trainers—having inspired and equipped more than a half million people from all walks
of life to believe in themselves by setting higher goals and achieving more fulfilling dreams. Aric passionately infuses energy,
engagement, and performance into the workplace and beyond—by delivering humor, inspiration, and practical tips in his high-energy,
world-class keynotes, training seminars, customized retreats, and educational programs.
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Concurrent Session - D Title: There Must Be Fifty Ways to Lose Your HiPos
Wednesday, May 14
12:45-1:55pm
HRCI:
Preapproved for Strategic Business
Overview: The business imperative: Engagement. Unless your organization has a bona fide monopoly, your people are your only true
competitive advantage. And, research shows that if your high potential /high performers are not engaged with you, they will likely walk
out the door at their earliest convenience. Even in the current uncertain economic climate, the best talent always has choices no matter
what market conditions exist. To allay this, organizations rely on HR to help them find ways to retain top performers.
Unfortunately, you can’t change what’s happening in the external economic world, but you can change your “people strategies” in order
to respond to those market trends and position your organization for competitive growth.
Speaker: Art Smith, SPHR, CCP
Art Smith is a human resources and compensation professional and executive director of the Middle Tennessee Society for Human
Resource Management, an organization of more than 1,200 human resources, training, recruiting, compensation and benefits professionals
practicing in business, government and education. Art has more than 30 years of progressive human resources, compensation and
organizational development experience in various industries.
Art served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam-era before attending the University of Illinois and Southwest University to receive his
masters in business administration. Art is noted for his commitment to sharing his accumulated experience and knowledge with his fellow
professionals and recently served as an adjunct instructor at Lipscomb University’s Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of
the Boards of Directors of Benton Hall Academy, a non-profit private school in Franklin, Tennessee for children with learning challenges,
and Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee.
Art resides in Brentwood, Tennessee USA where he is a member of several civic organizations, the Leadership Advisory Council for the
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a long-standing member of WorldatWork (formerly the American Compensation
Association), a three-term member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee State SHRM Council, and currently serves as executive
director of Middle Tennessee SHRM.
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Concurrent Session - E Title: The Contingent Workforce - Are They Contractors, Temps, Leased or Your Employees?
Wednesday, May 14
12:45-1:55pm
HRCI:
Preapproved for General
Overview: You can't watch the evening news without hearing mention of the problem with unemployment in the economy. Many attribute
unemployment to a poor economy, but many analysts counter that the reality is that we are witnessing the end of jobs as we have known
them. Some studies predict that the increase in contingent workers will be 3-4 times the increase in traditional jobs. While economic
conditions may be a reason for the rise of contingent workers, it cannot be ignored that many people are choosing contract work for other
reasons like increased work-life balance, increased opportunities to manage their own careers and increased opportunities to continually
learn new skills.
As companies increasingly rely on a contingent workforce, government regulators are increasing their scrutiny of these alternative work
arrangements. This session will review the various legal issues relating to contingent labor, including, but not limited to, pre-employment
screening, benefits and wage and hour issues, as well as offer practical suggestions to avoid legal landmines in these areas
Speaker: Tamula Yelling – Partner Constangy, Brooks, & Smith, LLP
Tamula Yelling is a partner with the law firm of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, where she devotes her practice to defending and
counseling employers on various employment matters. Tamula earned her BA degree, magna cum laude, from Spelman College and her
J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University.
Before joining Constangy, Tamula specialized in representing plantiffs in cases involving claims of sexual harassment and disability, age,
religion, race and sex discrimination and vilations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family & Medical Leave Act, as well as cases
involving claims of retaliatory discharge, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach
of contract. Tamula is a hearing officer for the Personnel Baord of Jefferson County, Alabama, and she serves as adjunct faculty at
Samford University. She is a Past President of the Alabama Lawyers Assoication, which is the oldest and largest minority bar association
in the State, and a current member of the Birmingham Bar and Magic City Bar Associations. Tamula has been named a Rising Star for
Employment litigation: Defense by Alabam Super Lawyers.
Concurrent Session - F Title: TBD
Wednesday, May 14
12:45-1:55pm
Holding for Strategic Credit
Overview:
HRCI:
Approval Pending
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Closing Keynote
Wednesday, May 14
2:15-3:25pm
Title: Leading And Living Like You Own It! Why We Never Wax A Rental Car
Overview: Leading And Living Like You Own It” is a collection of real life management successes, failures and the actions that led to
each from thousands of team members. It is a result of an attorney telling a newly promoted 24 year old Greg Gilbert to document
everything. It is a collection of Ah Ha moments from 20+ years of Franklin Planners, Day Runners and spiral notebooks. It is also
complimented with Edutainment with “The Leadership Czar With A Guitar”.
HRCI:
Preapproved for General
Greg Gilbert, President Greg Gilbert, Inc.
If it pertains to Human Resources, leadership, management or supervision, Greg Gilbert has probably been there, done that, witnessed
it, heard the grievance on it and is now teaching and speaking about it.
Greg Gilbert is a speaker, leadership instructor, author, blogger, podcaster, poet, singer/song writer, dad, papaw and husband to his best
friend of 37 years. Yes, his wife and best friend IS the same person. What prepared and provided Greg material for some of these roles
were his 20+ years in leadership and Human Resources with a Fortune 100 telecommunications company.
The MOST developmental and the greatest source of speaking, training and writing content were his dozen years as the primary HR
contact to over 2000 team members. This was where he was first exposed to the difference in the Leader/Owner and boss employee
mindsets. He learned a lot about people but more about himself. He also learned very quickly, he couldn’t change anyone but himself. He
has a passion for sharing the life and leadership lessons from years of personal experience and great mentors.
He is also a firm believer in presentations with both content and humor. The humor is interjected into his presentations with “The
Leadership Czar With A Guitar. His message of “Becoming A Top Ten Percent Manager” has been delivered to thousands as a
leadership seminar and keynote. It is also the foundation for his new book, “Becoming A Top Ten Percent Manager By Leading And
Living Like You Own it – Why We Never Wax A Rental Car.”
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