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Why you should book Nigel Taberner for your next event

  • Elevate your team's negotiation abilities with insights from a former UK hostage negotiator, empowering them to achieve better outcomes in high-stakes situations.
  • Equip your organization with advanced communication strategies that enhance influence and collaboration, derived from Nigel's extensive experience in crisis negotiation.
  • Enhance your organization’s capabilities with training from someone who has instructed UK police, Special Forces, and international agencies like the FBI and Australian police.
Unlock unparalleled negotiation and communication skills with Nigel Taberner, a former UK hostage negotiator. With 30+ years in law enforcement and 130+ lives saved, Nigel’s gripping stories and proven tactics will inspire and transform your team. Experience his powerful insights through dynamic speeches and interactive masterclasses, designed to elevate your organization’s negotiation prowess and influence. Book Nigel to bring elite, life-saving strategies to your business.
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Keynotes

Keynote by speaker Nigel Taberner: Negotiating when you have nothing to give away

This is my signature and most in demand speech. Through stories, I explore the skills and models used by hostage negotiators that allow them to successfully resolve high-risk incidents, when they are negotiating from a position of weakness, with no leverage and nothing to give away. This session, supported by jaw-dropping stories explores skill areas such a connecting with people, listening to identify values and beliefs and then using them to change behaviour.
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Keynote by speaker Nigel Taberner: Listening like a life depends on it

What is the key skill of a hostage negotiator?
Is it smart talking?
Jedi mind tricks?
The ability to hold their nerve in crazy, fast moving situations?

In this session, I explore the real hostage negotiator superpower... the ability to connect, develop trust, get people talking and influence them using elite level listening.

How much information, how much business, are you and your team missing out on because of a lack of listening?
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Keynote by speaker Nigel Taberner: Lessons from the edge of chaos

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....

In this speech, I lift the lid off life as a hostage negotiator, telling audiences 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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Nigel Taberner

Mastering High-Stakes Negotiation Skills
Keynote Speaker Nigel Taberner is renowned for his unparalleled expertise in communication, influence, and negotiation. With a decade-long career as a UK hostage negotiator, Nigel saved over 130 lives, handling volatile armed sieges, international kidnaps, and high-risk suicide interventions. This unique background allows him to deliver riveting keynotes that offer transformative insights into negotiation and crisis management.

Nigel Taberner motivational speaker brings over 30 years of operational experience with the Greater Manchester Police and Counter-Terrorism Policing North West, where he served as a Detective Inspector. His extensive frontline and investigative roles provide a wealth of real-world knowledge, making his speeches not only informative but deeply impactful.

Organizations booking Nigel Taberner will gain access to actionable strategies for improving negotiation outcomes and enhancing communication effectiveness. His dynamic presentations, whether jaw-dropping conference speeches or interactive masterclasses, are designed to inspire and equip your team with the tools needed for success in high-pressure environments.

Book Nigel Taberner for your event to experience firsthand his compelling storytelling and expert techniques that have been honed through years of training UK police officers, Special Forces, and international agencies like the FBI and Australian police. For those seeking to elevate their team’s skills in negotiation and communication, Nigel Taberner booking is the perfect solution to drive meaningful change and achieve remarkable results.

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