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Christopher Voss Speaker

Christopher Voss

    • Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator and Authority in High-Stakes Negotiation
    • CEO and Founder of The Black Swan Group Ltd.
    • Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, 'Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It'
    • Shares 9 effective principles for becoming more persuasive along with riveting, high-stakes stories of criminal negotiations
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$50,000 - $100,000

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$30,000 - $50,000

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Never split the difference | Chris Voss | Talent Connect 2019

Never split the difference | Chris Voss | Talent Connect 2019

Chris Voss - Getting corrected is better than how it feels | Veeam 2023

Chris Voss - Getting corrected is better than how it feels | Veeam 2023

Labeling Emotions Will CHANGE Their Perception Of YOU | Chris Voss

Labeling Emotions Will CHANGE Their Perception Of YOU | Chris Voss

Never Split The Difference | Chris Voss | TEDxUniversityofNevada

Never Split The Difference | Chris Voss | TEDxUniversityofNevada

7 Seconds: How To Crush The 1st Impression Finale - Chris Voss

7 Seconds: How To Crush The 1st Impression Finale - Chris Voss

CEO Chris Voss: Negotiate Like Your Life Depends On It | iConic Conference 2017 | CNBC

CEO Chris Voss: Negotiate Like Your Life Depends On It | iConic Conference 2017 | CNBC

Chris Voss - The Secret To Getting What You Want In Negotiations (CNBC)

Chris Voss - The Secret To Getting What You Want In Negotiations (CNBC)

Christopher Voss Speaker Biography


Chris Voss is CEO of the Black Swan Group and author of the national best-seller Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, which was named one of the seven best books on negotiation. In 2008, he founded The Black Swan Group, which specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Chris has used his many years of experience in international crisis and high stakes negotiations as an FBI agent to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world. Chris helps companies secure and close better deals, save money, and solve internal communication problems between senior management and employees.

Prior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council’s Hostage Working Group. Before becoming the FBI lead international kidnapping negotiator, Chris served as the lead Crisis Negotiator for the New York City Division of the FBI. Chris was a member of the New York City Joint Terrorist Task Force for 14 years. He was the case agent on such cases as TERRSTOP (the Blind Sheikh Case–Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman), the TWA Flight 800 catastrophe and negotiated the surrender of the first hostage taker to give up in the Chase Manhattan bank robbery hostage taking.

During Chris’s 24-year tenure in the FBI, he was trained in the art of negotiation by not only the FBI but also Scotland Yard and Harvard Law School. He is a recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the FBI Agents Association Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service.

Chris has taught business negotiation in the MBA program as an adjunct professor at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He has also taught business negotiation at Harvard University, and has guest lectured at The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, The IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland and The Goethe School of Business in Frankfurt, Germany.

Chris has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, Fortune, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, and on numerous TV programs including Squawk Box, CNN, ABC News, and more.

Tactical Empathy: Negotiation Secrets from an FBI Negotiator
Inspired by his Wall Street Journal bestselling book Never Split the Difference, FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss shares one of the most powerful tools for successful negotiation: tactical empathy. In this riveting program, he shares how empathizing with the ‘other side’ can lead to true collaboration and a win-win solution in business and in life.

Communication Skills & Strategies to Get What You Want
Former FBI lead hostage negotiator Chris Voss delivers high-powered communication skills and strategies in this motivational talk. A dynamic speaker, Voss debunks the myths of negotiation, sharing actionable takeaways and game-changing insights, inspiring audiences to approach negotiation conversations in an entirely new way and get more of what they want

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