Speaker of the day: Laurent Combalbert — Leadership & Management

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He joined the RAID in 1998 as a crisis negotiator and completed his training at the FBI National Academy in 2000. He subsequently contributed to the creation and facilitation of the crisis negotiator training module delivered worldwide by the RAID, drawing upon his experience managing hundreds of critical situations such as hostage takings, armed barricades, and collective sieges.

Since 2004, he has been working as a keynote speaker, negotiator, and advisor to corporations, the media, and governmental and non-governmental organizations, sharing his unique insights and experience in handling kidnappings, extortions, diplomatic crises, and more. Laurent Combalbert is also the author of numerous bestselling books on leadership, negotiation, and communication, and teaches complex negotiation at HEC and Sciences Po Paris.

Finally, he and his partner, Marwan Mery, inspired and co-created the television series RANSOM, broadcast since January 2017, depicting the life of a renowned negotiator handling crisis situations around the globe.Languages spoken by the speaker

• French
• English

Laurent Combalbert delivers high-impact keynotes in both French and English, and can speak across Francophone and Anglophone countries, in Switzerland or abroad… UnoMe invites you to meet this exceptional professional negotiator and develop essential skills for today's corporate world, drawing on his unique vision and expertise in Leadership and crisis negotiation.

Laurent Combalbert's keynotes are participatory and highly interactive, but above all inspiring and dynamic thanks to the presentation of real-life cases by this leading expert in negotiation and complex situation management.

• Negotiation
• Trust
• Collective Agility

(Non-exhaustive list)
« Les 5 leviers de la confiance », Eyrolles, Oct. 2016
« Comment neutraliser les profils complexes », Eyrolles, 2015
« Devenez meilleur négociateur que vos enfants », ESF, 2013
« Constituer une équipe efficace », ESF, Sept. 2011
« Le négociateur », Presse de la Cité, 2009Keynotes with Laurent Combalbert in Dubai and Abu Dhabi