Lena Sisco
Ex DoD interrogator & Naval intel officer
Expert on interviewing, deception, leadership, change management, entertainment
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"Lena was extremely engaging. I can see so many applications for her skill set in what we do, particularly as it relates to business development. Bring her back!"
Areas of Expertise
Lena is available for training, consulting and speaking engagements, with notable expertise in the following areas:
- Intelligence, clandestine operations
- Inspiring, motivating
- Avoiding bias, diversity
- Crime, investigation
- Security, counterterrorism
- Collaboration, communication
- Leadership, strategy, vision
- Aerospace, military
- Performance improvement, sales
Lena's Background
Lena Sisco is a former Department of Defense (DoD) certified military interrogator and Naval Intelligence officer who served in the Global War on Terror. Lena has been training DoD and federal and state law enforcement agencies in interviewing and interrogation techniques, which includes in-depth deception analysis, body language and elicitation.
Lena is also certified in Organizational Change Management, and Discovery Learning Institute’s Change Style Indicator and Change Navigator, as well as Power + Systems Organizational Workshop. In 2013, Lena started her own company, The Congruency Group.
In 2015 Lena gave a TEDx talk titled, *My Secret to Breaking Terrorists: Detecting Deception & Rapport.*She is also the author of Honest Answers: Interviewing and Negotiation Skills to Get the Truth, *You're Lying! Secrets From an Expert Military Interrogator to Spot the Lies and Get to the Truth,*as well as *Marine Scout Snipers: True Stories from Marine Corps Snipers.*Clients have raved about Lena's ability to help their audiences learn how to:
* Accurately analyze human behavior to spot the lies and get the truth
* Protect their money and investments (as well as their clients’)
* Know the difference between communicating to CONVINCE versus CONVEY, and how the latter will boost your credibility!
Presentation Examples
- Body Language and the Butterfly Effect
- Detecting Deception: How to Spot Lies and Get the Truth
- Awareness: Self, Situational, and Inattentional Blindness
- Advanced Communication Strategies for Influential Leaders
Partnership Examples
- International Association of Arson Investigators
- Virginia Homicide Investigators Association
- Virginia Crime Analysis
- Texas Crime Stoppers
- The Collaborative Rehab Council
- Alliance Safety Council
- Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Board
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