Leonie McKeon is an experienced keynote speaker, workshop presenter and author who presents on ancient Chinese negotiating skills known as the 36 Chinese Strategies - derived from Sun Tzu’s - The Art of War.
Leonie lived in the Greater China Region for several years where she studied Mandarin and had the opportunity to observe the mastery of Chinese negotiation tactics. These negotiation skills and ways of thinking are based on ancient Chinese wisdoms, which encompass highly developed negotiation strategies that have acquired a global reputation as being some of the most effective in the world.
From Leonie’s presentations audiences learn a new way of thinking about negotiation and how to apply these strategies into any negotiating environment.
Previous experience
Author: Leonie is the author of Tame the Tiger- Negotiating from a position of power and Deceive the Dragon - Negotiating to retain power, which describes the 36 Chinese Strategies through contemporary business examples. This is written for Western business people who are currently doing business in China, who wish to do business in China, or simply want to learn how to be better negotiators. Tame the Tiger - Negotiating from a position of power' and Deceive the Dragon - Negotiating to retain power are Book One and Book Two in a series of Six Books.
Consultancies: Leonie works with Western businesses steering them through multimillion-dollar deals with Chinese business people.