Keynotes and Live Workshops Presented by Doug Noll
As the leading authority on neuroscience-based communication skills in high-stakes environments, bestselling author, and award-winning mediator, Doug Noll wants to share his knowledge with your audience.
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About Doug Noll
From the Middle East to Asia to Europe and throughout North America, Doug teaches executives how to lead groups in difficult decision-making. He also teaches advanced mediation and conflict resolution skills and master negotiation workshops.
Doug is a keynote speaker on listening and emotional intelligence, violence-reduction, and relationship building. has trained populations as diverse as inmates serving life sentences to middle and high school teachers to church groups to mental health professionals.
His approach is grounded in neuroscience and cognitive psychology. As a lawyer turned peacemaker, Doug has studied how the human brain processes decisions and problems in the face of uncertainty, high risk, limited facts, and stress. He has taken 40 years of experience and education and distilled down the principles into webinars, live workshops and keynote addresses.
As a professional mediator, a second degree black belt, and one who walks into maximum security prisons teaching murderers how to be peacemakers, Doug Noll has witnessed every conflict imaginable. "Violence," he says, "comes down to the human brain."
Topics Doug Speaks About
Doug has taken 40 years of experience and education and distilled those principles into live workshops and keynote addresses presented globally.
What People Say About Doug
Executives handling billion-dollar crises, couples exhausted by the same fights, and families torn by succession conflicts all learned the same technique that changed prison environments.
"Doug Noll is one of the most powerful speakers and teachers I have ever seen. He has taken complex ideas from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, distilled the essence of what is important to us for de-escalating strong emotions in conflicts, and presented his ideas in an entertaining, easy-to-follow, and engaging manner."
"It’s been a long time since I've had as much interest, passion and desire to learn. Lost count of the number of epiphanies I experienced in the class. Thank you."
"Doug Noll is a dynamic plenary speaker and an outstanding workshop presenter. He combines his knowledge, experience and wit to engage the audience and receive their full attention and participation in his presentation..."
"Ignore the words, listen only for the emotions’. Why have I not realized this before, in all my 56 years!? You truly are having a positive impact and making ripples, literally, around the world. Add to that the framework for stacking the affect layers and their order of presentation. Wow!"
"It was a great pleasure participating in your workshop at the New York Peace Institute last weekend. Many thanks for the insights. It made a great contribution to my understanding of the phenomenon of "disappearing" emotionalism."
"After living my whole life believing the lie that other people are responsible for meeting my emotional needs (due to a hard upbringing), I am finally free. You are a genius and I am so grateful to have found your method."
Doug’s Books
Proven in Fortune 500 Boardrooms and Maximum Security Prisons
I used to think I knew how to handle difficult people. As a trial attorney, I made my living winning arguments.
I was dead wrong.
When I first taught this method to incarcerated people serving life sentences for violent crimes, even hardened prison staff were stunned by the results. The technique that worked in maximum security prisons now transforms dynamics in Fortune 500 boardrooms, healthcare settings, and personal relationships.
Prison of Peace
Book Doug to Speak at Your Next Workshop or Event
If you have an event coming up, or simply want to explore speaking opportunities with Doug, reach out now.
You’ll receive a prompt, confidential response.
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