Liespotting

Proven Techniques to Detect Deception

By: Pamela Meyer

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

People - friends, family members, work colleagues, salespeople - lie to us all the time. Daily, hourly, constantly. None of us is immune, and all of us are victims. According to studies by several different researchers, most of us encounter nearly 200 lies a day. Now there’s something we can do about it. Liespotting links three disciplines - facial recognition training, interrogation training, and a comprehensive survey of research in the field - into a specialized body of information developed specifically to help business leaders detect deception and get the information they need to successfully conduct their most important interactions and transactions.

Some of the nation's leading business executives have learned to use these methods to root out lies in high stakes situations. Liespotting for the first time brings years of knowledge - previously found only in the intelligence community, police training academies, and universities - into the corporate boardroom, the manager's meeting, the job interview, the legal proceeding, and the deal negotiation.

©2010 Pamela Meyer (P)2012 Gildan Media, LLC

Extremely useful

Extremely useful. Good and practical tips. A must read to everyone who wants to prevent themselves from being misled.

mostly very good but padded

first two thirds of the book was excellent. A lot of very important research reported. last third clearly padded with a lot of checklists about corporate procedure that one could have found in a lot of other places put more succinctly.

Basic techniques on spotting lies

The beginning of the book provides useful information on spotting lies -- identifying baseline behavior and noting "tells" and cluster of behaviors when a person is lying. It is followed with chapters that diverge somewhat from lie spotting, such as negotiation techniques and conducting a deception audit at work. The information is still useful in that the reader can apply the techniques to build trusting relationships and avoid dishonest people. I think the reason why the book hasn't received higher ratings is because the author's TED Talk and the book description give the impression that this book can help the reader become an expert on spotting lies. It is not case. It provides an overview and basic techniques to practice.

Title doesn't match book.

What did you love best about Liespotting?

How to look for suspicious behavior that may indicate lying.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Most: The couple of chapters that were about how to detect if somebody may be lying. Least: The lists of areas you could be deceived in corporate life.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

Watch peoples overall mannerisms and not just in the moment.

Any additional comments?

The title should be changed to "Corporate areas of trust, and a couple of ways to tell if somebody may be lying to you." I was expecting the book to go into more detail about lie spotting.

Does anyone proof-listen before publishing?

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The book was too business oriented for my liking.

Would you be willing to try another book from Pamela Meyer? Why or why not?

It would depend on whether the topic interested me.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Some really glaring pronunciation mistakes, such as "irrevelant" instead of "irrelevant".
Her attempts at altering her voice to read excerpts from other sources sounded like a mom reading a bedtime story to her kids.

What did you take away from Liespotting that you can apply to your work?

I was actually looking for personal level application more than professional.

Any additional comments?

No.