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Hostage at the Table

How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance

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Hostage at the Table

By: George Kohlrieser
Narrated by: George Kohlrieser
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About this listen

George Kohlrieser - an international leadership professor, consultant, and veteran hostage negotiator - explains that it is only by openly facing conflict that we can truly progress through the most difficult business challenges. In this provocative book, he reveals how the proven techniques and psychological insights used in hostage negotiation can be applied successfully to any personal or business relationship. Step by step, he outlines the seven key factors that anyone can use to remove the blocks that stand in the way of resolving tough problems and shows how business leaders, in particular, can develop and access the skills they need to create trust and a positive mind-set in their companies.

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Everyone should read this book. it's clear, practical and to the point. Excellent read.

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This is a great book easy to listen to.
Not just for business leader but for any person as it applicable to every part of your life!

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So blown away by this book, has really made me reflect on my actions and behaviours in the work.

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I did the Imd leadership course and this is the perfect companion to it. So insightful!

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I really enjoyed this listen, I can't believe it is not more well known. Almost anyone would be wiser and better off having listened to it and our society would be far more healthy if the principles were taught in schools. I highly recommend.

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