Nigel Taberner
Former hostage negotiator
Nigel is a former UK hostage negotiator and expert speaker on communication, influence, and negotiation. During his 10 year career as a negotiator, he saved over 130 lives, successfully resolving highly volatile armed sieges, domestic and international kidnaps and high-risk suicide interventions. As a passionate and engaging speaker Nigel brings to life, through his stories, subjects such as elite level listening, emotional intelligence and how to influence people and negotiate when you have nothing to give away.
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Biography
What would you say to a man holding a gun to their partner’s head or someone threatening to set themselves on fire? Thankfully, very few people will be faced with having to make those life-or-death calls, but for 10 years that was the world Nigel Taberner lived in as a hostage negotiator. During that time, he successfully resolved more than 130 high-risk armed sieges, suicide threats and international negotiations. Nigel now brings transferable skills, honed in the secretive and rarely seen world of hostage negotiation, to help those in business, explaining not only what hostage negotiators do, but what they are thinking and how they do it. Nigel brings his unique perspective on communication, resilience and emotional intelligence that can dramatically transform any team, making them more effective, people focused, inclusive and ultimately, higher performing. Nigel is incredibly passionate about what he does and delivers his speeches and masterclasses with an energy that inspires and challenges. He leaves audiences thinking and communicating differently. Nigel thoughtfully explains valuable insights from a world that is rarely seen with jaw-dropping stories, combined with humour and an authenticity that audiences will not forget... You can guarantee there will be no phones out, laptops open on the table or early departures when you book him for your event.
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Negotiating with nothing to give away
Have you ever wondered what skills hostage negotiators use to bring life or death situations to a safe conclusion... and how those skills, honed in the rarely seen world of hostage negotiation can help you and your team? Then wonder no more.... This is Nigel's signature and most in demand speech. Through stories, he explores the skills and theories used by hostage negotiators that allows them to successfully resolve high-risk incidents, when they are negotiating from a position of weakness, with no leverage and nothing to give away. In this speech, Nigel lifts the lid off life as a hostage negotiator, telling you no only what they do, but how they do it... and how it can help your organisation communicate and negotiate better.
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