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About
Scott Tillema is a retired SWAT hostage negotiator, trained by the FBI and at Harvard University, and has over twenty years of law enforcement experience in the Chicago area. In 2023, Scott dedicated his career to serving others in a new way, as a professional speaker and corporate trainer.
As a founding partner of The Negotiations Collective, Scott now shares how to apply the same powerful, life-saving negotiation principles and techniques to achieve business success.
Scott has spoken at events such as TEDx, SHRM annual conferences, PMI professional development conferences, human resources state conferences, law enforcement hostage negotiation conferences, and for corporate clients including Microsoft and Bosch, as well as at major universities.
Specifically within the leadership space, Scott has worked with CEOs in the YPO organization in North America, South America, and Europe. He has been a five-time guest speaker to the Advanced High Performance Leadership program at IMD Business School in Switzerland.
Today, as a global keynote speaker, Scott engages audiences and highlights how the same techniques of communication and connection he uses in life-or-death conversations will help you find the interpersonal influence you need to take your teams and organizations to the next level and create a culture of connection.
He is a drummer, pianist, and enjoys listening to music. Scott is a proud Wisconsin native but enjoys traveling the world and speaking to live audiences. Having used these techniques to impact lives positively, it is his mission to inspire people from all backgrounds to become powerful negotiators and influential leaders.
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Video Clips
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Topics
Leading With Influence: Communicating Powerfully & Navigating Difficult Conversations
What is the one thing that could explode your business while strengthening the success of your team? Influence. Learn how leaders can utilize the same powerful strategies of hostage negotiators, with an intense focus on listening skills, delivery techniques, and bonding, to find influence in all their interactions.
Finding Success Through Conflict Resolution
Are you working with challenging personalities who are causing conflict in the workplace? It’s tough to avoid them! This educational and engaging presentation can be given as a talk or more involved workshop. Scott teaches drivers of human behavior and practical tactics to confidently embrace conflict resolution and find success for your organization.
Reconnecting Humanity
Our world is facing tremendous challenges, and at the top of the list is disconnection. This talk is a journey through the life and stories of a SWAT hostage negotiator, and how the exposure to individuals in crisis has led him to turn his life’s work to bringing the concept of connection. to those who most need to hear it and experience that transformation.
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Testimonials
1 person has recommended this speaker
“Scott Tillema is one of the absolute best speakers I have worked with in my many years of event planning! From the very first contact he was helpful and kind, always going above and beyond our expectations. Scott's talk was engaging and interesting, delivering content that was helpful and immediately actionable for our staff. I cannot recommend him highly enough!”
“Scott Tillema is one of the absolute best speakers I have worked with in my many years of event planning! From the very first contact he was helpful and kind, always going above and beyond our expectations. Scott's talk was engaging and interesting, delivering content that was helpful and immediately actionable for our staff. I cannot recommend him highly enough!”