Michael Holley

Michael R. Holley wasborn in Panama City, Florida, on December 26, 1960. Michael started from solid,but humble, beginnings. The son and grandson of boat captains, Michael workedhis way up from deckhand to captain - his dream job - at the young age of 19. Stayingin the family business was not to be his destiny. An advertisement for a carsalesman would change his life forever. Working his way from salesrepresentative to owning his own Chevrolet dealership to his business empire,only to have it all crumble in 2008. With everything material gone and facing prisontime. Instead of allowing this to ruin his life, he thanks God for the lessonslearned and the guardian angels along the way. Michael’s life now has new meaning as he helpsothers. Currently, consulting withbusiness owners and mentoring the next generation of family-run companies. Michael has developed a specialty in how torecruit, hire, train and retain Gen Y/Millennials by developing a new culture.Speaking to civic organizations, conventions, business groups and congregationslarge and small. Helping those audiences seebusiness and life through a new perspective. Additionally, Michael is workingon book publishing projects and a self-help book series based on universalprinciples of life and lessons learned from his own and others’ experiences. Aswell as publishing his latest book “Finding the Wisdom You Seek” out on Amazonin late June 2016.