Hostage at the Table
How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance
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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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"interesting and convincing" (Ascot News, December 2006)
"Read this book..." (Reading Chronicle, December2006)
"George Kohlrieser's brilliant book offers a unique and penetratingperspective on how people can free themselves from being heldhostage to their self-imposed limitations. Hostage at the Table isfilled with inspiring stories and the depth of Kohlrieser'sinsights that will enable the reader to become a fully empoweredleader. It is a must-read."
--Bill George, author, Authentic Leadership; formerchairman & CEO, Medtronic
"In Hostage at the Table George Kohlrieser brings his uniqueexpertise in the emotional land mines of negotiation to thechallenges of leadership. Leaders everywhere will find much ofpractical use in this smart and engaging look at the emotionalundercurrents that make or break an organization."
--Daniel Goleman, author, Emotional Intelligence
"George Kohlrieser's deep and insightful thinking on leadershiphas had a fundamental impact on our company. His teachings havechanged my life. Read this book, and it will change yours,too."
--Nick Shreiber, president and CEO, Tetra Pak Group2000-2005
"A new look at what every leader needs to know about controllingemotions, relating, dialoging, negotiating, and breaking free ofbeing hostage to the past or to one's current environment. Thisbook is a practical masterpiece."
--Jim Allen, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioralsciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OklahomaCity; president, International Transactional AnalysisAssociation
"George Kohlrieser offers us a fascinating and valuable blend ofrich psychological insight into the delicate process of negotiationmixed with his powerful personal experiences as a hostage and ahostage negotiator. I recommend the book!"
--William Ury, author, Getting Past No and The ThirdSide
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