Gary Noesner

Former FBI Chief Negotiator, Crisis Management Specialist, Author

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Gary Noesner Biography

Gary Noesner retired from the FBI in 2003 following a 30-year career as an investigator, instructor, and negotiator. A significant focus of his career was directed toward investigating Middle East hijackings in which American citizens were victimized. He spent 23 years as an FBI hostage negotiator and was the Chief Negotiator for the FBI during the last ten years of his career. He was the inaugural Chief of the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit, Critical Incident Response Group. In this role, he was deeply involved in numerous crisis incidents, including prison riots, right-wing militia standoffs, religious zealot sieges, terrorist embassy takeovers, airplane hijackings, and over 120 overseas kidnapping cases involving American citizens.

After retiring from the FBI, Noesner became a Senior Vice President at Control Risks, an international risk consultancy. In this role, he assists clients in managing overseas kidnap incidents involving their employees. He continues to conduct part-time management consulting and kidnap management consulting work for Control Risks. Additionally, he conducts training seminars and gives presentations across all 50 states and in over 40 countries, sharing his expertise in hostage negotiation, crisis management, kidnapping, terrorism, and workplace violence. Noesner has contributed to numerous television documentaries on hostage negotiation, terrorism, and kidnapping, aired by networks such as the History Channel, TLC, A&E, CNN, CBS, and BBC, and has been interviewed by major publications including Time, Forbes, and The New York Times.

Noesner authored "Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator," published by Random House on September 21, 2010. This book serves as a foundation for the mini-series "Waco," which aired on the Paramount Network. His keynote topics include effective negotiation and communication strategies to avoid conflict and gain cooperation, reflecting his expertise in communication, conflict management, crisis management, negotiation, and stress management. He gives speeches on a variety of subjects, including law and prisons, and continues to be a leading authority in his field.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/11/2024.

Gary Noesner Speaking Topics

  • Moving from Conflict to Cooperation

    Drawing on lessons learned from his 30 year law enforcement career and leadership position as the FBIs Chief Hostage Negotiator, Gary Noesner explains how all human interaction consists of either conflict or cooperation. Using his real life experiences defusing tense situations, and through sharing personal anecdotes, he helps audiences grasp the essential skills necessary to avoid conflict and defuse tense interactions with others that arise in our everyday lives. He describes how self-control and active listening are the key ingredients used to influence the behavior of others in order to achieve the most positive outcomes possible. He shares his 25 keys to effective negotiation presented in a common sense and easily understandable way. Audiences will come away with a better appreciation of how they can improve their own interpersonal communication skills in order to achieve desired outcomes. Gary Noesners engaging and humorous approach to storytelling leaves audiences both informed and entertained. This presentation will help sales representatives, marketing personnel, organizational leaders, and anyone who wants to be a more effective communicator in both their professional and personal life.

  • Crisis (Hostage) Negotiation in America

    Based on his lengthy career as the Chief Hostage Negotiator for the FBI, Gary Noesner provides audiences with a fast paced and dynamic presentation about the development, evolution, and successful application of life saving negotiation skills used by the FBI to resolve tense and dangerous confrontations. He shares stories from his extensive personal experience in real-life dramas, describing how and why the negotiation process works. Whether confronting a ruthless criminal, a disturbed individual, or a hardened terrorist, each can be positively influenced by skilled negotiations. Audiences will hear the key lessons he learned in his career and how this knowledge can provide guidance for resolving confrontations in our everyday lives. Highlighting stories gleaned from responding to prison riots, right wing militia standoffs, religious zealot sieges, embassy takeovers, and skyjackings; he provides the audience with a truly unique, informative, and entertaining presentation. Hearing this timely presentation will enable the audience to better understand and relate to past and current events around the world.

Gary Noesner Videos

  • Gary Noesner: The Art of Negotiation

Gary Noesner Books

  • Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
    Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

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Gary Noesner is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Moving from Conflict to Cooperation and Crisis (Hostage) Negotiation in America. The estimated speaking fee range to book Gary Noesner for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Gary Noesner generally travels from VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Robert Cialdini, Kevin E. O'Connor, Michael Pantalon, Ph.D., Brian Sullivan and Bill Sinunu. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Gary Noesner for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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