Negotiation and Leading in Crisis: Lessons from the FBI’s Former Chief Hostage Negotiator

Develop better leadership, negotiation, and risk management skills with Thirty Minute Mentors: Former FBI Chief Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner.

In this course, Adam Mendler interviews Gary Noesner, a thirty-year career veteran of the FBI, who spent a decade as the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator. The discussion covers Noesner’s negotiations with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, an experience that inspired the popular television mini-series Waco, starring actor Michael Shannon as Noesner. You’ll hear about the lessons Noesner learned from that intense experience as well as ways to navigate bureaucratic organizations, how to successfully lead high-stakes negotiations, strategies for risk-management development, how to perform under pressure, and more.