Leo Martin, born in 1976, studied criminal sciences and worked for a major German intelligence service for ten years.
During this time, he uncovered high-profile cases of organised crime. His special role involved recruiting and managing informants.
Leo Martin: “What can businesses learn from the intelligence services?”
As an expert in subconscious patterns of thought and behaviour, Leo Martin persuaded strangers to trust him, reveal their most secret insider knowledge and cooperate with the service over the long term. His tools of the trade: professional insight into human nature, leadership and communication.
Leo Martin’s lecture topics
- Secret weapons of communication: How to win people over.
- Secret weapons of communication: Winning employees over to change
- Secret Weapons of Communication: Gentle strategies with a powerful impact
- Mission: Understanding People – The art of reading people
- Communication under pressure: Persuading when it matters
His book I’ve Got You! Winning People Over – An Ex-Agent Reveals the Best Strategies quickly became a SPIEGEL bestseller.
Today, with his interactive keynote talk “Secret Weapons of Communication: Gentle Strategies with a Powerful Impact” and his intensive training course “Mission Trust: The Art of Winning People Over”, he is a regular guest at top events hosted by leading companies. Both formats combine engaging entertainment with sound scientific insights.
His books on building trust and understanding human nature are SPIEGEL bestsellers.
Criminal Investigator & Entrepreneur
Leo Martin continues to work as a criminal investigator. As managing director of the Private Institute for Forensic Text Analysis, he works with a highly specialised team of experts to identify anonymous offenders. On behalf of security authorities and companies, the specialists examine anonymous threatening letters, defamatory statements or blackmail letters to identify the author based on their linguistic patterns.