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Eric Maddox
Negotiator; Author; Consultant; Army Veteran
Former U.S. Army interrogator Eric Maddox led the intelligence effort that resulted in the capture of Saddam Hussein. Drawing from 2,700+ interrogations across global deployments, he teaches audiences how empathy-based listening builds trust, breaks down barriers, and dramatically increases influence in high-stakes conversations.
Bio
Upon graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1994, Eric Maddox joined the U.S. Army as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division. After spending three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger, Eric reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist. Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Director’s Award and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. After being hired as a civilian with the Department of Defense, Eric continued to help fight the Global War on Terror (GWOT) until 2014. In May 2015, he earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a private consultant and negotiator and lives in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Eric is also the author of Mission: Black List No. 1 (Harper Collins, 2008), which he wrote with the permission of the Department of Defense.
Keynotes
Featured Keynote
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Building Trust Through Empathy Based Listening
Building trust has never been more essential with the transformation of businesses going virtual this year. While serving as a military interrogator, Eric conducted more than 2,700 interrogations including the collection of intelligence that led to the exact location of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Through this experience of dealing with language, religion and hate barriers, Eric developed a communication technique that built the highest level of trust.
In Eric's premier talk, he will share how to:
- Integrate empathy-based listening into your communication with employees, co-workers, clients, friends and family
- Remove distractions and raise the listening level from the standard 25% to Eric’s level of 90+%
- Identify portals of empathy in a conversation that will blow through all other barriers of communication
- Maximize your influence in all areas of life
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Follow-up Training: Building Trust Through Empathy Based Listening
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Reinforce Eric's Presentation with a Series of Micro Videos
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Mission: Black List #1
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The Power of Teamwork
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What's Your Ace of Spades?
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Customized Approach to Eric's Many and Varied Topics
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Small Group Negotiation Training
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Embrace Failure and Move On
Topics
- Leadership Trending
- Military & Veterans
- Negotiation
- Peak Performance Trending
- Teambuilding & Collaboration Trending
- Trust
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