Doug's Books

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Empathy Leadership: The Powerful Skill That Drives Winning Results

Empathy Leadership Book
De-Escalate book
Book

De-Escalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less

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Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts

Elusive Peace book
Sex, Politics & Religion at the Office book
Book

Sex, Politics & Religion at the Office: The New Competitive Advantage

Book

Peacemaking: Practicing at the Intersection of Law and Human Conflict

Peacemaking book

Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA

In 2000, I left a successful career as a trial lawyer to become a peacemaker. My calling is to serve humanity, and I execute it at many levels. I am an award-winning author, teacher, and trainer and a highly experienced mediator. My work carries me from international work to helping people resolve deep interpersonal and ideological conflicts.

With Laurel Kaufer, I founded Prison of Peace in 2009. The Prison of Peace project has been the most profound peace training I have conducted thus far in my career. The project motivated  me to expand the principles of Prison of Peace as much as possible so that every human wanting to learn the skills of peace may do so.

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Recent Blogs

The reality you avoid is the reality compounding. Honest leadership is a skill, not a moral position. Here is how to develop it without sounding harsh.

July 20, 2026

The Avoidance Tax-How It Loses The Company Millions

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Drama is not a personality issue. It is unresolved emotion compounding on your P&L. Here is the cost of ignoring it and the protocol to neutralize it fast.

July 20, 2026

Team dynamics The cost of ignoring “drama”

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Psychological safety is built in the moments after bad news lands. Here is the leader's protocol that keeps your team reporting honestly even when the news is ugly.

July 19, 2026

Psychological Safety Handle Bad News Without Panic

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