Welcome to Verbal Judo
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Verbal Judo

My personal thanks for your interest in the Verbal Judo Program.

We have been around for over three decades providing the finest in training that can change the way you think and speak during conflict.  From working the streets to supervision and from courtroom to home: Verbal Judo can change the way you say things.

Company Profile:

We have been in business for over 30 years teaching people to work better with others during conflict.  Training that initially began with law enforcement grew into working with business and corporations, the airlines and cruise lines, medical facilities, education, professional sports referees, and the government.  The company founder and president, Dr. George J. Thompson, PhD took a background as a tenured professor of literature and five years as a police officer to create Verbal Judo, or as it is also called, Tactical Communication.

Our Purpose:

We teach how to speak and act professionally under pressure.  People rarely think well during conflict.  We train how to use presence and words as tools rather than weapons, helping people build bridges to success rather than burn them.  Verbal Judo is the single best course in communicating effectively available and over the past thirty years has made great strides in the area of preserving dignity and respect whenever people have disputes.

The goal of Verbal Judo is Generating Voluntary Compliance from others when they are not at their best.  Working to modify and change behavior and not attitude gives us great power in getting what we need from other people under stressful situations and we must sometimes think for others as they would think for themselves under better conditions.  The success of the Tactical Communication program can be measured in keeping our people safe while making us more professional and articulate under pressure.  Verbal Judo training has been instrumental in decreasing potential complaints and liability, while lowering job stress as we improve our performance, our morale, and management of our time.

Verbal Judo offers critical training in what is over 90% of the law enforcement profession and our mistakes and failures will be measured in liability, public sentiment, and blood.

  The Verbal Judo Institute , Inc., is proud to offer training with the following goals:
  • Officer Safety
  • Enhanced Professionalism
  • Decreased Complaints
  • Decreased Vicarious Liability
  • Decreased Personal Stress
  • Increased Power and Court Articulation
  • Increased Personal Morale

   




The Verbal Judo Institute also offers the finest in training if you are in Government Service, the Corporate Sector, operate or work in Small Business, the Medical Field, Education, the Travel Industry, Sports, and for your personal use. 

If you would like information not specifically tailored to the Law Enforcement Profession please call me at 941-350-9559, or go to www.verbaljudo.info

My personal thanks for considering Verbal Judo for your training schedule.

Lee Fjelstad
Vice President

Be sure to check out the full line of products available from the Verbal Judo Institute and Dr. Thompson.
Don't forget to look at the New Verbal Judo Alumni Program.

A NEW PROJECT FOR BETTERING YOUR COMMUNITY

We are also beginning a new site on the prevention of bullying and will continue to add content almost daily.  This will be a site dedicated to the understanding of bullying and the strategies and tactics of Verbal Judo in bully prevention and management.  Go to:

www.managebullying.com or directly to http://managebullying.com/

Contact me with your thoughts here or directly through the Manage Bullying site.  I hope you will give this serious problem serious thought and attention and we believe we are in the position to help society as a whole by doing our part.  Please help us by mentoring a youth, writing your local government and schools regarding your thought for proactive discourse and action, and by contacting us with your ideas and opinions and how you think we can help your community. 

W Lee Fjelstad, Vice President, Verbal Judo Institute, Inc.



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