Format: Streaming Video
Time: 56:42
Handouts: Included

About This Presentation

This session focuses on lessons learned regarding leadership and developing the leader within each of us. Ideas are presented on how to explore and use opportunities to take constructive actions for self-improvement. These are taken from Mike’s book, The Servant Manager: 203 tips from the best places to work in America (2013). After discussing lessons learned from neuroscience on how our brains work, statistics are presented on the disconnect between how well management thinks employees are on board compared to how well employees actually are on board. This is explored across multiple generations. Lessons Mike has learned with over 25 years in management and tips from the best places to work in America are presented to help you apply these successful tips on leadership. By exploring and taking advantage of opportunities, you can take actions to both motivate and develop yourself and others to be more engaged in what you do. Finally, new leadership thinking is presented to tie everything together and to allow you to take specific actions going forward.

About the Instructor

Michael A. Gregory, has an extensive background as an experienced manager with  over 25 years experience.  He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and a Certified Valuation Analyst with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).  In the third quarter of 2013 he was selected as the outstanding member of NACVA.   He has conducted  over 400 mediations since 2000 for the IRS, within the MN Court system since 2004 and with his firm.  The firm currently conducts three to secven mediations each month.   Each receives total customer commitment resulting in timely, quality closures.

Having worked for the Internal Revenue Service as an Engineer and Business Valuer, Engineer Business Valuer Manager, Operations Team Lead for Research, Controller, Acting Assistant District Director, and Territory Manager and trainer of managers, Mr. Gregory has worked the most difficult tax issues and mediated disputes between the IRS and taxpayers, within the IRS management, and with the National Treasury Employee Union as well as labor relations on issues regarding grievances, unfair labor practices, and equal employment opportunity complaints.  He has also taught management training to all 13 divisions at the IRS.   Mr. Gregory has worked on the restructuring of finance at the IRS as well as mediated budget and management issues.  As a Territory Manager responsible for 23 states over the past eleven years, Mr. Gregory worked on the most complex cases in the Large Business and International, the Small Business and Self Employed, and the Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities Divisions bringing issue resolution skills to resolve issues without litigation.  As a teacher he taught managers in all 13 divisions of the IRS management skills and he as contacted the 50 best places to work in the U.S. to solicit how they teach their managers to bring this expertise to you.

Areas of expertise are management, business valuation issues, research credit, international issues, cost segregation, capital versus repair, and other issues related to engineering and valuation.   As a leader and mediator working for the Internal Revenue Service an emphasis was made to resolve issues at the lowest possible level.   Only the most difficult cases were raised in management for issue resolution at his level.   With this expertise Mr. Gregory now brings his skills and talents to assist you in leadership, litigation support, review, issue management and issue resolution.