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What Can A Former Hostage Negotiator Teach Leaders About Conflict?

Ryan helps leaders maximize how they communicate, lead, and make decisions under pressure, turning problem causers into problem solvers.

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Who Leaders Trust To Help Them Get Their 'ish Together.

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At Conflictish®, Ryan combines the best practices of conflict management with proven insights from hostage negotiation and crisis intervention to help leaders improve how they lead themselves. Ryan specializes in working with individuals whose high-conflict personalities, communication challenges, or leadership deficiencies disrupt team dynamics and undermine organizational success.

From the interrogation room to the boardroom, Ryan equips leaders with the skills to make better decisions under pressure, to speak with presence instead of only power, transform high-stakes conversations into productive outcomes, and develop the resilience needed to lead effectively—even in the face of conflict.

How Ryan Can Help:

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Executive

Coaching

Discover how to deploy our proprietary conflict model to build conflict competency among leaders and teams.

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Keynote

Speaking

Discover dynamic, engaging, and thought-provoking keynote speeches that bring conflict insights from the field, right to your stage.

"Ryan has developed a keen ability to listen, process, relay & transform captured information into actions that result in thorough resolutions!"

- L. Brown, VP of Client Services, Chronovo

Who Is Ryan Dunlap?

Ryan Dunlap is an internationally recognized conflict strategist, speaker, and educator. As a former hostage negotiator turned executive leader, Ryan understands first hand that his ability to lead others well is dependent on how well he leads himself under pressure. His unique experience in navigating high-stakes conflicts has enabled him to develop innovative conflict strategies and frameworks to help leaders overcome their own conflict causing behavior by building their self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-control.

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"Ryan has the knowledge, skill & experience of law enforcement to back up what he’s saying, combined with the compassion to navigate  uncomfortable topics."

- A. Carruthers, CMP - Events Director

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