Professor Alisher Faizullaev is a scholar-practitioner and former ambassador with over 45 years of experience in diplomacy, academic research, and professional training. He works with leaders, diplomats, and senior professionals on negotiation, strategic thinking, leadership, and cross-cultural communication — bringing together the intellectual rigour of a career academic and the practical authority of someone who has negotiated at ambassadorial level.
His training programmes draw on original research, diplomatic experience, business consultancy, leadership coaching, and frameworks developed over decades of working at the intersection of theory and practice. Conducted in an interactive format, they combine role-playing exercises, simulations, discussions, and case analyses — ensuring participants develop not only conceptual understanding but practical, applicable skills. He completed an executive negotiation programme at Harvard University and also accomplished internships at the Department of Organizational Effectiveness of the San Diego City Council and in several American companies in the fields of management, organization and personal development.
Professor Faizullaev has trained and spoken at leading universities and institutions worldwide, including Harvard, Tufts, Georgetown, Seton Hall, McGill, Western Washington, Webster, Cambridge, Oxford, Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Keio University, the California School of Professional Psychology, the Center for Creative Leadership, the OSCE Academy, Chatham House, the Clingendael Institute, Con Edison Co., Context International, the World Affairs Council, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His lectures and masterclasses have been featured at international forums and conferences across Europe, North America, and Asia.
A TEDx speaker whose talk has accumulated over 260,000 views, a member of the Program on International Negotiation Training (POINT) and the European Negotiation Association, and the author of ten books on diplomacy, negotiation, and leadership, Professor Faizullaev brings an unusual combination to the training room: the depth of a well-published scholar, the credibility of a former diplomat, and the practical focus of someone who has spent decades helping real organisations, companies and leaders navigate complex challenges.
He is not just teaching negotiation, leadership, and diplomacy. He is living them.
