Negotiate Anything

What if the secret to influencing people, uncovering the truth, and becoming a better leader isn't authority — it's emotional intelligence?

In this powerful conversation, Dr. Sabine Charles shares how her career as a fraud investigator and internal auditor taught her an unexpected lesson: people reveal their deepest truths when they feel understood. From interviewing fraud suspects who "spilled the beans" within minutes to helping professionals overcome performance anxiety and pass high-stakes certification exams, Sabine reveals the mindset and emotional intelligence strategies that transformed her approach to leadership.

Together, we explore her MEQ (Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Qualities) framework, the surprising connection between hypnotherapy and peak performance, how to adapt communication across cultures, and why understanding people is far more important than being right. Sabine also shares deeply personal stories about resilience, self-awareness, and staying grounded in your values during life's most challenging moments.

Whether you're leading a team, navigating difficult conversations, managing workplace relationships, or simply trying to communicate more effectively, this episode offers practical tools for building trust, influencing change, and elevating your leadership from the inside out.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How emotional intelligence helps people open up and trust you

• Why persuasion starts with understanding, not convincing

• Techniques for managing performance anxiety in high-stakes situations

• How to give and receive feedback across cultures

• The role of self-awareness, reflection, and mindset in effective leadership

• Why leadership begins long before you have a title

Connect with Dr. Sabine Charles

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-charles/

Website: https://www.drsabinecharles.com/

Book: Leadership MeQ — available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese

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What if the biggest threat to your relationship isn’t conflict — it’s the way you communicate during it?

In this thought-provoking conversation, negotiation expert and mediator Alice Shikina joins Kwame Christian to reveal why so many successful professionals excel at communication in the boardroom but struggle to connect with the people they love most. Drawing from years of mediation experience, Alice shares a powerful perspective: every relationship is a negotiation, and learning how to negotiate well can transform the way we handle conflict at home.

Together, they unpack the hidden communication patterns that fuel arguments, including interruptions, defensiveness, emotional escalation, and the common misconception that listening simply means hearing someone speak. You'll discover why acknowledgment is often the missing ingredient in difficult conversations, how unspoken emotions drive seemingly unrelated conflicts, and why de-escalation begins long before an argument starts.

Whether you're navigating challenges with a spouse, partner, child, colleague, or friend, this episode offers practical tools to help you listen more deeply, communicate more effectively, and strengthen your most important relationships.

Key topics include:

* Why every relationship is a negotiation

* The real reason people feel unheard

* How to prevent conversations from escalating

* The role of emotional intelligence in conflict resolution

* Why "I hear you" isn't enough

* Practical techniques for active listening and acknowledgment

* Creating relationship ground rules that actually work

If you've ever walked away from a conversation feeling misunderstood—or struggled to understand someone else—this episode will change the way you think about communication forever.

Connect with Alice:

🎙️ Podcast: Negotiation with Alice

📖 Don't Sleep on the Couch: Winning More Arguments Without Losing Your Marriage — coming soon

📖 Influenceable — also forthcoming

🌐 https://www.shikinamediation.com/

Most people are doing branding completely backwards — and it’s killing their results.
In this powerful conversation, global CEO and marketing thought leader Giuseppe Stigliano reveals why everything you thought you knew about branding is wrong, and what to do instead.

You’ll discover:


Why “pushing” your brand no longer works in today’s saturated market


The shift from making people want things to making things people want


How to apply marketing principles to your career, relationships, and personal brand


The five steps every human relationship — and every great brand — follows


Why trying to be on every platform is a losing game, and the smarter alternative

Giuseppe has advised some of the world’s top business leaders, co-authored books with Philip Kotler (the father of modern marketing), and his work has reached over 100,000 people worldwide. This episode isn’t just about selling products — it’s about understanding people, creating real value, and building a brand that attracts without chasing.

If you want to stand out in a world drowning in choices, this is your blueprint.

Connect with Giuseppe

⁠giuseppestigliano.com⁠

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What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't a lack of skill — it's your definition of authenticity?

In this thought-provoking conversation, communication expert, TEDx speaker, and Speaking to Influence author Dr. Laura Sicola challenges one of the most common beliefs about personal growth: the idea that being authentic means staying exactly as you are.

From navigating unexpected career pivots to breaking free from the "expert's curse," Laura shares why the most successful people aren't the ones with perfectly planned paths—they're the ones willing to embrace discomfort, adapt their communication, and take opportunities before they feel fully ready.

Together, we explore why fear often disguises itself as authenticity, how mastering different communication "languages" expands your influence, and why your next breakthrough may be hiding on the other side of a conversation you're afraid to have.

You'll discover:

Why "How did you get where you are?" might be the wrong question

The hidden danger of the expert's curse

How to communicate complex ideas without sounding simplistic

The difference between authenticity and comfort

Why code-switching isn't inauthentic—it's a leadership skill

The role of courage, curiosity, and transferable skills in creating extraordinary opportunities

This episode is packed with practical insights, powerful stories, and mindset shifts that will challenge the way you think about growth, influence, and what it really means to be yourself.

If you've ever felt stuck between who you are and who you're becoming, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Dr. Laura Sicola

🌐 - https://laurasicola.com/

📖 - Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice

TEDx Talks - Want to sound like a leader? Start by saying your name right | Laura Sicola | TEDxPenn

Kwame Christian, negotiation expert and host of Negotiate Anything, reveals the conversation tactics most speakers never have time to share on stage — including how to regain control when someone else is running the room, how to draw out a person who goes completely silent, and why most hard conversations at home are doomed before they even start.

This is a reverse interview. Kwame was the keynote speaker at the Life and Annuity Conference (hosted jointly by the Society of Actuaries, ACLI, and LIMRA LOMA) — and the audience Q&A ran so long they ran out of time on stage. So conference organizers Karen Terry and Joe Wurzburger brought the best questions straight to the podcast.