Kwame Christian

Kwame Christian, Esq., M.A., is a negotiation and conflict resolution expert, bestselling author, and founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute, a consulting firm that provides training, coaching, and education on applying negotiation skills to difficult conversations in business and life. He is the longtime host of Negotiate Anything, a leading negotiation podcast with millions of downloads and listeners in more than 180 countries, and has delivered the TEDx talk “Finding Confidence in Conflict,” which significantly expanded his public profile. Christian holds degrees in law, psychology, and public policy, and has taught as a professor at Otterbein University’s MBA program and at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, home to a top-ranked dispute resolution program.

Christian is the author of the bestselling books Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life and How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race, and he contributed the foreword to How to Untie a Balloon: A Negotiator’s Guide to Avoid Popping Under Pressure. His work and commentary have appeared in outlets including Forbes, NPR, USA Today, CNBC, and other major media, and he regularly trains Fortune 500 companies on making difficult conversations easier through practical negotiation frameworks.