Biography

Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and Harvard Law School graduate Michael Johnson speaks on how to prevent, spot, and follow up on deception when:

· Conducting investigative interviews

· Interviewing and hiring employees

· Negotiating business deals

· Analyzing corporate earnings statements, or

· Otherwise communicating with people face-to-face, by phone, or online.

In his highly engaging and humorous sessions, he shows videos of interviews and helps the audience spot reliable cues to deception while exposing several myths about lie detection.

Michael has trained thousands of people on skills for detecting deception, including presenting at dozens of conferences for human resource professionals, compliance officers, auditors, fraud examiners, loss prevention specialists, law enforcement officers, and other business executives. He has provided numerous client-specific sessions for international organizations such as the United Nations (in New York, Congo, and Sierra Leone) and the World Bank, government agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Maryland State Police, and companies such as Boeing, the Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, and Northrup Grumman.

As an attorney with the US Department of Justice, Michael was the lead attorney on one of DOJ’s first “pattern or practice” sexual harassment cases. After leaving the Department of Justice, Michael co-founded and served as co-CEO of Brightline Compliance, which ultimately provided online and on-site training on investigations and compliance topics to more than 1.5 million employees of more than 600 clients. Before selling Brightline to a private equity group, Michael was able to refine and apply deception detection skills in the context of negotiating business deals and managing employees.

Michael has served as an expert witness in cases challenging the adequacy of employer’s investigation procedures. He is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School.

Demo Video

Michael Johnson presented a 90-minute speech on detecting deception to over 500 attendees at the Society for International Affairs Conference on May 5, 2011. You can view excerpts from the speech at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXLvyGnLAlA

Evaluations of Past Speeches

Past evaluations of Michael’s presentations have averaged 4.8 on a 5.0 scale.

Michael recently presented to hundreds of attendees at a Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics conference, and you can view evaluations of his session at http://www.questionpro.com/akira/ShowResults?id=1923516&mode=text. Below are some of the comments from participants.

“Michael's style is engaging, if not riveting. He knows how to keep the audience involved and thinking, remains open to questions and differing opinions, and encourages audience interaction. He brings the subject to life and illustrates questions in a meaningful way.”

“Michael was clearly the winning speaker. He was extremely funny and kept people engaged. I learned a great deal during his session. Bring him back for more courses!!!”

“This session was the best out of all presentation given. The speaker was entertaining, yet very professional. I would recommend you use Michael for all of your seminars.”

“Mike Johnson was an exceptional speaker - he was incredibly engaging and learned. His participation was the high point of the workshop. I would strongly encourage you to engage Mr. Johnson in more seminars to teach compliance professionals, we have much to learn from him.”

“Mr Johnson was the most talked about speaker among our group. Great Class.”

“This was the best session in the Workshop, as it really provided what I needed personally to function effectively. I really wish you would make Michael Johnson available to us every so often via a webcast. This was great!”

“Funny presenter that caught my attention. Liked the video demo. And his real life examples.”

Sample presentation topics

Michael customizes his presentation to address the topics of most interest to the audience. For example, his speeches to human resources professionals focus on detecting deception in investigative interviewing and in hiring employees, while speeches to sales professionals and business executives focus on detecting deception in sales, marketing, and negotiation contexts. Below is one topic:

Lie Spotting: A Scientific Approach

In this highly interactive session from a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney, you will learn skills to prevent, spot, and follow up on deception when conducting investigative interviews, interviewing and hiring employees, negotiating business deals, or otherwise communicating with people face-to-face, by phone, or online. You will watch videos of real-life interviews and learn:

· Which cues to deception have been scientifically validated and which are based on myth (such as the mistaken beliefs that liars don’t look you in the eye and are fidgety)

· How to spot deception by focusing on verbal and visual cues

· Content analysis techniques for spotting signs of truthfulness

· Effective questioning strategies for eliciting responses that are likely to indicate whether the person is lying

· How to follow up when you detect deceptive statements and suspicious behavior

Fee

$9,500 gross fee

Potential Audiences

Judicial

Lawyers

Judges

Law Enforcement Officers

Corporate Investigations and Hiring

Human Resources

Ethics and Compliance

EEO

Security

Loss Prevention

Negotiations and Sales

Board of Directors

C-Suite Executives

Sales

Other Jobs

Journalists

School officials

Sample Clients

Corporate

Boeing

Coca-Cola Company

Lockheed Martin

Northrup Grumman

PBS

International Organizations

United Nations (New York, Congo, Sierra Leone)

World Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

Recent Conference Speeches

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics

Health Care Compliance Association

Society for International Affairs

Business, Sales, Communication, Business Leadership, Negotiation, Human Resources, Law, Authors, Homeland Security & Terrorism, Humorous Political, Non-Profit & Association, Marketing,