Derek Gaunt
Veteran hostage negotiator and leadership trainer with nearly three decades in law enforcement who needed a way to translate high-stakes field experience into a durable leadership philosophy. The book became the vehicle to capture lessons learned under real pressure and make them usable outside crisis situations.
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“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. That applies to negotiations, leadership, and writing a book.”
—Derek Gaunt
What Changed?
Writing Ego, Authority, Failure allowed Derek to distill decades of experience into principles that apply across leadership, negotiations, and personal growth. What had previously been situational and instinctive became explicit, teachable, and transferable to corporate and civilian contexts.
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