BOB HAMER
TOPICS
LEADERSHIP THE UNDERCOVER WAY
In this dynamic and engaging presentation, Bob distills the leadership lessons he learned from his experiences in the Marines and the FBI into four core principles, forming the acronym LEAD:
- L – Leaders Listen and Learn
- E – Leaders Empower and Equip
- A – Leaders Always look to make it fun and engaging – burnout is not a badge of honor
- D – Leaders always Do the right thing – as famously stated in Braveheart, “Men don’t follow titles, they follow courage.”
To illustrate these principles, Bob provides an insider’s look at Operation Smoking Dragon—a high-stakes, three-year undercover case that began with an investigation into counterfeit cigarettes funding terrorism and escalated into a $60 million shoulder-fired missile conspiracy, a plot to build a meth lab in North Korea, and a $40 million-per-year North Korean counterfeit currency scheme. The case resulted in 87 indictments and was a key factor in the redesign of the U.S. $100 bill.
Bob’s firsthand accounts, coupled with his humor and real-world insights, make this keynote an unforgettable experience—equipping leaders with battle-tested strategies for success in any environment.
BOOKS
Bob Hamer, an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, has optioned both The Last Undercover and Targets Down to Hollywood production companies. He has co-authored two best-selling books with Oliver North, American Heroes on the Homefront and Counterfeit Lies. Publishers Weekly had this to say about The Last Undercover:
“There have been many books concerning FBI undercover agents on perilous assignments, but this one by a veteran FBI agent goes most of them one better with his full-tilt voyages into the darkest fringes of society. After his training and recruitment into the criminal netherworld, Hamer assumed several identities—such as drug dealer and contract killer—to penetrate the closed societies of the Chinese, Russian and Iraqi mobs. However, Hamer’s controlled theatrics are most compelling as he infiltrates the security-obsessed North American Man/Boy Love Association disguised as an aging pedophile, to crack the group and their extensive international network. The sneak peek into that dank society of chicken hawks is illuminating in its depiction of child sexual abuse. With his practiced lies and disciplined behavior, Hamer is a peerless undercover agent, although his book sometimes breaks its narrative focus and wanders into several cases at once. Still, this book possesses power and conviction without being pretentious or pious.”
As to his debut novel Enemies Among Us, Publishers Weekly said, “…a page-turning roller coaster that feels like Jack Bauer’s 24 without sailing over the top. Stereotype-bending dialogue and believable characters elicit fear of evil and call forth hope that good exists in all ethnicities and religions.”
