Consulting Board

Dr Michael Benoliel

Dr. Benoliel is the author of The Upper Hand (2006), and Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators (Platinum Press, 2005), which was selected by The Chicago Tribune as one of the best business books of 2005. Some of Dr. Benoliel’s media interviews and appearances include: Bloomberg Television; CAN TV Channel 21, Chicago; BusinessWeek; The Deal: The Cincinnati Enquirer; The Washington Diplomat; Realtor Magazine; The Monitor; The Wall Street Radio Network; National Public Radio (NPR); WXRK New York; Florida Radio Network; and Business Talk Radio Network.

Dr. Benoliel is the Director of the Center for Negotiation located in Potomac, Maryland, USA, and a Senior Consultant with The Negotiation Academy - Europe. In his 20-year career as a management consultant and corporate trainer, he has provided services in Effective Negotiation; Strategic Planning, and Leadership to organizations in the United States, Asia, Africa, and the Middle-East. Some of the organizations he has worked with are: PSI International; The Project Management Institute (PMI); Regency Hotels Group; IndianOil; Career Shapers (India); Haba Group of Companies; Barrister Microsystems; Prudential (Singapore); ETELS Training Networks (Malaysia); Singapore Institute of Management (SIM); IQPC-Asia; Mekong Capital (Vietnam); Uganda Revenue Authority; and Malaysia Oxygen.

Dr. Benoliel, a certified mediator and trainer in Herrmann Brain Dominance Instument (HBDI) received his doctorate in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University. His dissertation was selected as a finalist to the Donald Bullock Award and in 1991 he received the Special Achievement Award from The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD, D.C. Chapter).

Dr. Benoliel’s more than 20 years of academic experience includes teaching Conflict Resolution and Effective Negotiation in the MBA Program at The Johns Hopkins University, and in the Executive Program at the University of Maryland, University College. His students nominated him several times to the Best Teacher Award. Currently he is serving as a Practice Assóciate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Singapore Management University (SMU).