Jack Nasher (born Jack Lord Nasher-Awakemian; 1 June 1979) is a German author, negotiation advisor.

Early life and education

Nasher went to school in Germany, France, and in the United States. He received a master's degree in Philosophy and Psychology at

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.After that, he studied Management Sciences for a year at Oxford before studying law from 2004-2008 at the

Frankfurt University Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

. At Oxford, Nasher was a Research Associate of Holywell Manor, Oxford. Parallel to his law studies, Nasher completed a doctorate in philosophy at

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. Nasher concluded his legal training at the

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, the

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, the law firm

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. and the German mission to the

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in New York City.

Career

Teaching

Nasher started his teaching career as a tutor at Oxford University, where he also conducted interviews for prospective students, before being appointed Professor for Leadership and Organization at Munich Business School in 2010. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest professor in the state of Bavaria. His professorship at Munich Business School ended in September 2023. He is a visiting faculty of the Bing Overseas Studies Program at

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Works

Nasher mostly applies psychological concepts in order to assess and influence individuals, mostly in the context of negotiations. He is a contributor for Forbes and authors the annual Top 10 list of "World Changing Negotiations". Nasher's books reached were published in the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico and China. Nasher's work has been covered in publications such as

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, ZEIT,

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, Inc. and

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. *''Deal!'' Frankfurt/New York: Campus 2013, reached multiple bestselling status in Germany, became one of Germany's best selling business books of the year and was considered one of the best career books of the year. It was subsequently published in

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and in

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. *''CONVINCED! How to Prove Your Competence and Win People Over.'' Berrett-Koehler 2018, was published in

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, the

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, the

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, and

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* ''Durchschaut! Das Geheimnis, kleine und große Lügen zu entlarven.''

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2010, also published in

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and

Awards and memberships

*In 2016, Nasher received the Gold Medal for best paper at the International Conference on Applied Psychology in Colombo/Sri Lanka *Full member, Society of Personality & Social Psychology *Principle Practitioner, Association of Business Psychologists

Philanthropy

Nasher donated his royalties from his book publication on Karl Popper's Open Society ("Die Staatstheorie Karl Poppers") to

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, a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization.

Trivia

Nasher is an avid mentalist and regularly performs at ''

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'' in

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. He has performed in the show ''Manhattan Magic'' on Times Square in

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in 2009., and was a participant in the German TV-Show ''

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''. Nasher acted as a co-executive producer for the British gangster movie "The Smoke" that was introduced at the Marbella International Film Festival. He is a cousin of the Afghan singer

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Conferences

*What Makes Leaders Look Great? Actual and Perceived Competence of Leaders; interactive poster presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), 2–5 December 2016, Vienna/Austria. * The Art of Showing Expertise, CECE Congress "Industry in Transformation. Drivers of Success"; 5–7 October 2016, Prague/Czech Republic *Casting a Brick for a Jade, 6th International Biennial on Negotiation, 16–18 November, Paris/France *The Impression of Competence, International Conference on Applied Psychology, 26–28 August 2016, Colombo/Sri Lanka. * The Norm of Reciprocity Revisited, 11th Global Research Symposium, 15–17 June 2016, Rome/Italy.

References

External links

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Munich Business School Faculty Page
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