About the Book
As one of the world's most experienced kidnap-for-ransom negotiators, Scott Walker has successfully resolved life-or-death crises, facing down gang leaders, pirates, cyberhackers, and extortionists. When he turned to help businesses with negotiation, he realized that the tools and skills he'd need were not so different from the ones he'd mastered in the high-stakes situations he successfully negotiated. Now he's bringing those lessons to you. In this book you will learn Walker's essential negotiation principles and strategies, as well as his tools and techniques, all of which are supported by real-life case studies. You can begin to add these techniques to your repertoire immediately to become a world-class negotiator, capable of persuading anyone, no matter how tenacious and uncompromising they may be. Built on decades of scientific and academic research along with Walker's extensive experience, Order out of Chaos gives you simple, proven approaches. You'll learn how to slow down high-pressure moments, practice proactive listening, develop your emotional intelligence, and manage conflict. Applied in low-pressure, everyday negotiations with one person or in complex, high-risk scenarios with multiple hostile adversaries, these principles will help you master the moment, communicate effectively, and achieve the outcomes you want.
About the Author :
Scott Walker spent sixteen years as a Scotland Yard detective engaged in covert, counterterrorist, and kidnapping operations, successfully resolving more than three hundred cases. He left the police force in 2015 to support organizations, government departments, and private individuals in negotiating the release of hostages all over the world. He is sought after worldwide as a speaker, and he coaches executives and leaders at all levels on how to enhance their resilience, develop their emotional intelligence, and perfect their communication skills. He consults with companies to help them build a resilient culture and develop engaged, fulfilled, purpose-driven, and productive teams. Scott Walker spent sixteen years as a Scotland Yard detective engaged in covert, counterterrorist, and kidnapping operations, successfully resolving more than three hundred cases. He left the police force in 2015 to support organizations, government departments, and private individuals in negotiating the release of hostages all over the world. He is sought after worldwide as a speaker, and he coaches executives and leaders at all levels on how to enhance their resilience, develop their emotional intelligence, and perfect their communication skills. He consults with companies to help them build a resilient culture and develop engaged, fulfilled, purpose-driven, and productive teams. Scott Walker spent sixteen years as a Scotland Yard detective engaged in covert, counterterrorist, and kidnapping operations, successfully resolving more than three hundred cases. He left the police force in 2015 to support organizations, government departments, and private individuals in negotiating the release of hostages all over the world. He is sought after worldwide as a speaker, and he coaches executives and leaders at all levels on how to enhance their resilience, develop their emotional intelligence, and perfect their communication skills. He consults with companies to help them build a resilient culture and develop engaged, fulfilled, purpose-driven, and productive teams. Kyle Tait is a professionally trained voice actor and narrator in Atlanta, Georgia. His first brush with a microphone came in sports radio, calling baseball in the Atlanta Braves' organization. To pass the time in the off-season, he started voicing audiobooks, and a few years later he left baseball and went into narration full-time. Now his voice can be heard on a variety of audiobook and corporate voice-over outlets worldwide. When not in the studio, Tait can still be found moonlighting in the sports world, calling football, basketball, baseball, and softball on a variety of TV and radio outlets. He's also a studio host with IMG College, anchoring football and basketball broadcasts for schools like TCU, UConn, and Arizona. Kyle Tait is a professionally trained voice actor and narrator in Atlanta, Georgia. His first brush with a microphone came in sports radio, calling baseball in the Atlanta Braves' organization. To pass the time in the off-season, he started voicing audiobooks, and a few years later he left baseball and went into narration full-time. Now his voice can be heard on a variety of audiobook and corporate voice-over outlets worldwide. When not in the studio, Tait can still be found moonlighting in the sports world, calling football, basketball, baseball, and softball on a variety of TV and radio outlets. He's also a studio host with IMG College, anchoring football and basketball broadcasts for schools like TCU, UConn, and Arizona.
