Episode 54 with GEORGE KOHLRIESER: Negotiating With Our Inner Emotions

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George Kohlrieser is an organizational and clinical psychologist. He is Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at IMD and consultant to several global companies including Accenture, Amer Sports, Borealis, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, Hitachi, IBM, IFC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, NASA, Navis, Nestlé, among many many others. His research, teaching and consulting activities are focused on high performance leadership, high performance teamwork, conflict management, change management, dialogue and negotiation, coaching, stress management, work-life balance, and personal and professional development. He is also a Police Psychologist and Hostage Negotiator focusing on aggression management and hostage negotiations. George is Director of the High Performance Leadership (HPL) Program, an intense six day IMD program for experienced senior leaders. He is the author of the internationally bestselling book, Hostage At The Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance. His second book, Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership, has been nominated one of the Best Business Books of 2013 by Soundview.

Important links

• Say hi 👋 to George:

  Website | IMD Business School

• The Hidden Perils of Unresolved Grief - McKinsey article

• Hostage at The Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance

• Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership

• High Performance Leadership (HPL)

• Psychology of hostage negotiation

• Conflict Mediation Guides

• Loss, Grief and Domestic Violence

• Don’t be taken psychological hostage

• Police de-escalation techniques

• There’s a growing call to defund the police: Here’s what it means

• Female-led countries handled coronavirus better, study suggests