What is the Institute of Leadership and Negotiation? (ILN)
ILN is a home for leadership and negotiation thinking. We bring an emotionally intelligent approach to the conversations that shape how organisations work: the moments where trust is tested, perspectives collide, and leaders need to navigate disagreement without losing the relationship.
Our work is grounded in Emotionally Intelligent Negotiation and extended through practical, carefully curated leadership practices.
Our focus is built on three pillars:
- Shifting How Teams Negotiate Internally.
- Building long-term, sustainable relationships based on trust..
- Dealing with conflict in a direct and constructive way.
What the Institute of Leadership and Negotiation (ILN) Brings to Your Team
Institute of Leadership and Negotiation (ILN) supports leaders and teams who want to work with less friction and greater clarity. We address the underlying problems that create misalignment, unspoken tensions, conflicting priorities, and unclear communication. Our programmes and training give leaders practical skills rooted in emotional intelligence so they can handle difficult moments with confidence. Organisations work with ILN to improve:
- How leaders raise difficult topics earlier and more constructively
- How teams explore differences without defensiveness
- How trust is preserved while performance expectations rise
- How leadership conversations lead to clearer commitments and better follow-through
Negotiating is a Way of Life with Kwame Christian
Founder American Negotiation Institute7 Principles of Emotionally Intelligent Negotiation
The Key to more Collaborative OutcomesTailored Training and Resources
Equip your leaders and teams with practical workshops, clear frameworks, and ongoing support. Our programmes give people the tools they need to communicate confidently, handle tension early, and apply emotionally intelligent leadership in real situations.
Workshops and Masterclasses
Tools and thinking to support you
Insights and conversations
Alba Barneda
Working with Tony has been a game-changer for our leadership team at CANADA. He has been instrumental in helping us kickstart a structured leadership practice across our offices in Barcelona, London, and LA, particularly through the organization of quarterly summits that bring together key members from each location. His expertise in communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and organizational development has proven invaluable. Tony brought a fresh perspective and clarity that we knew we needed, but didn’t realize just how much, until he arrived. The impact of his guidance has been deeply appreciated across the team. As a leader, I feel more supported, better equipped to navigate challenges, and more confident in guiding the company through this phase of growth.
Francesca Sabatucci
Sebastian Ross
Tony is a rare combination of a gifted professional, brilliant thinker, and eloquent communicator. But above all, he is an incredibly kind, thoughtful and truly good human being.
Kira Tangney
Tony is a brilliant, forward-thinking negotiator and an incredible teacher. The more I work with Tony, the less fearful of negotiations I become. Taking his course has changed my life – I have gained the tools to strategically navigate the workplace and achieve outcomes I never thought possible, including a major win for my company and personal career success. An added bonus is that these tools have enabled me to achieve richer relationships with my family and community. I now walk into negotiations excited to explore how we can co-create value. Thank you, Tony!
David Gálvez
There are few environments where you can put into practice new negotiation techniques and styles without worrying about the impact and results that those first attempts may have.
In each session, this course takes you to a demanding and rigorous testing arena with each technique or concept put to practice, and from which you always get personalised and constructive feedback.
Neil Patel
Since joining the EIN sessions over a year ago, the way I converse with people has changed dramatically. Tony is a master of his trade and the skills he teaches can and will have a huge impact on the way we talk to people, not just in business but with family, too. I’m a local business owner and real estate agent in the USA. My business requires me to talk to people on a day-to-day basis. The skills I have learnt and continue to learn are invaluable. Having those hard conversations with clients, other realtors, negotiating contracts and navigating to find out what’s important to them has become much more fun. These tools are a blessing… Thank you, Tony.
Laura Damian
A very interesting and unique experience offering a different perspective of negotiations, one of empathetic assertiveness, bringing to the foreground the importance of emotions in negotiations and in building long term relationships. The course was a perfect balance between theory and dynamics.
Daniel Pascual
Tony is one of the few real coaches I have ever met with more than 25 years of experience, combining the highest levels of professionalism, pragmatism, and wisdom together. He has been helping some of the greatest business leaders, influencers and companies in Europe and US and therefore I can highly recommend Tony if you are looking for a real transformational executive coach and trainer.
The EIN course has helped me in my professional and personal life. It has opened me up to a whole new way of communicating building relationships and dealing with difficult conversations. From the profound understanding and embedding of the principles, to the tools, techniques and skills, it is all designed to make a comprehensive and interactive course that allows you to apply it to your everyday life in any situation. Definitely a game changer.
Empathy At The Table
The Negotiation Podcast
Bringing you Negotiation Insights From Experts Around the World

Join us for Empathy at the Table, where we bring you top experts from diverse fields to share their strategies for successful negotiations. Whether you’re learning from hostage negotiators, sales leaders, women in tech, professionals in HR, or esteemed academics from business schools like IESE, Harvard, McGill, and Wharton, this podcast delivers the insights you need. Discover how empathy and emotional intelligence can transform your negotiation approach and elevate your career.


