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by Burt Umbre

TORONTO, ON-- On a recent Monday, Uther Gregers is met with baffled stares as he leads a deer into the boardroom of a major pharmaceutical company, during a conference.

The 150 managers and directors seem even more confused when he pulls out a stun-gun and shoots the deer in the head and drags it onto the board-room table. There he guts and dresses the deer, handing huge slabs of fresh bloody meat to all assembled.

He is used to the confusion. Hunters are, after all, supposed to be in the woods, not the concrete jungle. When corporate managers see his name on the conference agenda, identified only as a hunter, they can't help but wonder what he could possibly say to motivate them.

Whatever it is, companies are lining up to listen.

Mr. Gregers has tapped into a motivational speaker's bonanza: disillusionment among managers fed up with the rat race. Job uncertainty, longer workdays and shorter vacations all add up to a big challenge for the executives of the company: how to re-inspire those who must guide the flocks that depend on them for leadership.

A hunter since he was 12, Mr. Gregers stumbled onto his new calling when his brother-in-law had a nervous breakdown after a downsizing in the telecommunications company he worked for.

"He was crying like a baby," said Mr. Gregers, "I had to slap him around with the butt end of my rifle, and finally I got him taking the entrails of this buck I shot out to the dogs. That seemed to help him. Then, when I went out the next day I took him along, telling him that if he spooked my prey I would shoot and gut him instead."

After this incident his brother-in-law, a Human Resources manager, saw the potential in his approach. He booked Mr. Gregers for the company's annual retreat, and his career hasn't looked back.

His message is straightforward: Killing and dressing animals can make them do their jobs better, and there will always be fresh meat for dinner.

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