Keynote Speaker | Author | Former Hostage Negotiator
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Turn Conflict Into Your Greatest Competitive Advantage.
Ryan Dunlap is a former SWAT Hostage Negotiator and Detective turned internationally recognized keynote speaker and conflict strategist. He is the founder of Conflictish®, and the author of How to Untie A Balloon: A Negotiator's Guide to Avoid Popping Under Pressure.
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20+ Years of high-stakes communication, executive leadership
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Creator of The Real Tact Model® for building conflict competency
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​Guest Lecturer at Yale University's Berkeley Divinity School, Lead Program Instructor at The University at Buffalo's Center for Leadership and Global Impact
SUCCESS
TEDx Speaker
Editor's Pick
INFLUENCE
Nearly 1M Followers,
6M+ Monthly Reach
EXPERIENCE
20+ Years of
Experience
"From the moment he started speaking, he had the audience's attention and an immediate connection."
J. Rauser — President, Diversified Legal Services
Composure is the Rarest Form of Power.
The hardest part of leadership isn't managing others. It's managing yourself when the pressure mounts. Most leaders were never actually taught how to handle high-pressure moments. They were promoted into them. Under stress, we default to reaction, choosing relief over resolution and making the tension worse. Ryan's keynotes give audiences the internal tools to lower the pressure that quietly sabotages their external performance.
A storyteller at heart, Ryan doesn't just tell stories. Instead, he invites his audience into his stories, pulling back the curtain on real-life examples of crisis intervention, hostage negotiation, and organizational crisis management in order to give attendees a power up close and personal look at how the experts speak and lead with compsure during challenging conflicts.
His interactive keynotes leave attendees both entertained and empowered as he turns lessons learned into practical wisdom that audience members can deploy in their own organizations immediately.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
Leadership Under Pressure
"Great leadership isn't proven when things are calm. It's proven the moment the room tightens."
Under pressure, people don't rise to the occasion. They fall to the level of their preparation. Most leaders were never actually taught how to handle a high-stakes moment; they were promoted into one. This keynote hands leaders the internal operating system to stay composed, decisive, and credible when it counts most.
WHAT THE ROOM WALKS AWAY WITH:
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Regulate yourself before you try to regulate the room
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Make clear, confident decisions with incomplete information
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Hold executive presence when the pressure is highest
The Art of Tact
"Tact isn't about being passive. It's about being precise, especially when it counts."
The way you communicate during conflict either lowers the temperature or raises it. This field-tested keynote breaks down how to build rapport fast, say the hard thing without breaking the relationship, and speak with clarity and authority in the exact conversations most people avoid.
WHAT THE ROOM WALKS AWAY WITH:
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Build bulletproof rapport, even under tension
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Deliver hard truths without damaging trust
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Turn confrontation into connection
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