How Great Negotiators Work – Interview with Todd Camp & Lanham Napier

As CEO of Rackspace, Lanham Napier had a secret weapon: Jim Camp.

Why would a CEO need a negotiation coach?

In this interview, Bob Jordan, president of Interim Execs, the voice of the Start with No audiobook and book collaborator, interviewed Napier and Todd Camp.

Napier talks about how he used the Camp System while growing his business from $2 million to $2 billion, and the mindset Jim used to coach him through the most stressful negotiations.

Todd goes inside his father’s development of the Camp System of Negotiation, discussing its core components and why it is effective for CEOs.

Click the arrow below on the left to learn from their insight.

The original interview recording can also be experienced here on the InterimExec’s podcast feed.

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