Shakla Global
Since it was founded in Israel in 2010, Shakla & Tariya has been working on several tracks in order to realize the vision of becoming a multidisciplinary, innovative, international center for empowering people worldwide by means of the Tsur Method.
Its global activities include setting up local branches in other countries, giving presentations at leading academic institutions worldwide, developing methods and tool with international negotiation researchers, advising and providing support and guidance for executives in global companies and organizations, and offering courses in Israel taught by international speakers.
- USA – Mitchell Hamline University, School of Law
- USA – Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law
- Italy – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Italy – Ortygia Business School, Mediterranean Leadership Journey
- Australia – Murdoch University
- Australia – Curtin University
- Georgia – Tbilisi State University
- 1998 – Atty. Michael Tsur brought to Israel the theories, methods and tools he acquired and developed with directors of Progrom on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard University. Michael was given special recognition for his work with Prof. Roger Fisher, co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project and author of Getting to Yes.
- 2004 – Atty. Michael Tsur published a Hebrew edition of the book Difficult Conversations – How to Discuss What Matters Most, following his collaboration with Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone, from the Harvard University Program on Negotiation (PON), and the proprietorss of the Triad Consulting Group.
- 2010 – Atty. Michael Tsur took part in a project with sixty international negotiation experts in Beijing, China, for renewed thinking on negotiation education, which was followed by the publication in four volumes of its insights. In the fourth volume, Educating Negotiators for a Connected World, Michael Tsur wrote Chapter 25 – Negotiation Stands Alone, in which negotiation was defined, for the first time, as a profession in and of itself..
- 2022 – Atty. Michael Tsur took part in a research study led by Dr. Dan Asher, clinical criminologist and former Director of Innovation in Education and Information Management at the Office of the Prime Minister, about the performance of negotiation specialists trained and certified by Shakla & Tariya.
Lieutenant Jack Cambria, USA
On the faculty of Shakla & Tariya since it was founded, Jack was the Commander of the New York Police Department’s Hostage Negotiation Team and teaches negotiation locally, nationally and internationally. His career with the NYPD he served for four years as a detective, commanded the SWAT team for sixteen years and the Hostage Negotiation Team for fourteen years. Jack is one of the leading experts in the world in conducting negotiations in crisis situations, within diverse populations and under high pressure. He retired ftom the NYPD in 2019 after 34 years of service.
Ganit Poleg Spark, Australia
One of the participants in the development of the Tsur Method and the methodologies of Shakla & Tariya, Ganit is on the faculty of presentors at Shakla & Tariya and is the Academic Director of of the NSP Multidisciplinary Program. She specializes in positioning and repositioning in negotiations – How to Find Your Place at the Table – and teaches courses on the affects of identity, culture and gender on negotiation and leadership. Ganit, who has been providing negotiation support for years, is a mentor for graduates of the NSP program and guides them in the Negotiation Specialist certification process at Shakla & Tariya.
Shakla & Tariya advises and provides realtime support and guidance in conducting negotiations for senior executives and professional teams in companies and organizations in the USA, India, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Georgia, and other countries.
Our long term global clients include:
- Hogan Lovells, the American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington, DC.
- Proctor & Gamble, the American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- McCann, formerly McCann Erickson, the American global advertising agency network, with offices in 120 countries.
- Novartis AG, the Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Merck & Co., Inc., the American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey.
- Toyota Motor Corporation, the Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.
- SACE, the Italian consulting company.
- Philips, the Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation.
- Siemens AG, the German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe.
- Fedrigoni, the paper manufacturer in Italy with paper mills in Verona, Arco di Trento, Riva del Garda, Fabriano and Pioraco.
- Elbit Systems Ltd., the Israel-based international defense electronics company.
- Enel X, the largest provider of demand response worldwide and products and services aimed at energy transformation at home, city and industrial levels, headquartered in Rome, Italy.