Peter Hiddema

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

SKILLS

ABOUT PETER HIDDEMA

I had the privilege of getting started in this field with the global pioneers at The Harvard Negotiation Project, a think-tank at Harvard Law School. Professors Roger Fisher and Bruce Patton, co-authors of the international best-seller “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In\" founded a consulting firm with a number of colleagues, and I worked there starting in early 1996. This was a wonderful new beginning in my career. In the year I founded Common Outlook Consulting, and have maintained my connection to this wonderful community since then. I have leveraged the Harvard methodology to teach executives from Global Fortune 500 companies such as Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Royal Bank of Canada, MasterCard, CIBC World Markets, ING, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, KPMG, and IBM the skills they need to successfully drive business performance for their organizations. I have also advised on transactions totaling many billions of dollars in value. In the public sector, I have had the opportunity to work with regional bodies in the US, with the federal government and First Nations communities in Canada, with the World Health Organization in Geneva and Africa, and with international non-governmental organizations (NGO\'s) such as Mercy Corps.In addition, I have had the pleasure of teaching students and executives at several universities, including Queen\'s University (Canada and the UK), INSEAD (France and Singapore) and Harvard University.Prior to entering my current field, I worked in the finance industry. I was an Account Executive for a Toronto-based Investment Firm, and a Corporate and Institutional banker with Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, Canada and London, England.I have lived in 6 countries on 4 continents, traveled through over 50 countries, and I speak 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, and Frisian.Specialties: Harvard-based strategic negotiation, conflict resolution, and leadership development.