{"id":51326,"date":"2018-05-08T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T12:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/speaker\/leo-martin-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:26:29","slug":"leo-martin","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/leo-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leo Martin, born in 1976, studied criminal sciences and worked for a major German intelligence service for ten years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this time, he uncovered high-profile cases of organised crime. 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His tools of the trade: professional insight into human nature, leadership and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leo-martin-s-lecture-topics\">Leo Martin\u2019s lecture topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secret weapons of communication: How to win people over.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secret weapons of communication: Winning employees over to change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secret Weapons of Communication: Gentle strategies with a powerful impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mission: Understanding People \u2013 The art of reading people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication under pressure: Persuading when it matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His book <em>I\u2019ve Got You! 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