The Behavior Operations Manual: Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence – Chase Hughes (Paperback)

The Behavior Operations Manual: Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence by Chase Hughes is a paperback textbook on reading and influencing human behavior, built around the author's NCI system and the Behavioral Table of Elements.

This is a large, reference-style book rather than a quick read. Hughes, a former military interrogation and behavior specialist, organizes the material into three areas: self-mastery, observation and communication. From those he builds the frameworks the book is known for, including the FATE model (Focus, Authority, Tribe, Emotion), the Six-Axis Model of Influence, the Authority Triangle and the Behavioral Table of Elements for decoding body language and micro-expressions.

What's included

• The Behavior Operations Manual: Neuro-Cognitive Intelligence, complete text
• Paperback binding
• ISBN-13: 9781735141640
• Chapters on the FATE model, Six-Axis Model of Influence, Authority Triangle and Behavioral Table of Elements
• Sections on social frames and the neurology of influence

Who it's for

Sales professionals and negotiators who want a structured system for reading people. Interviewers, investigators and security professionals interested in behavior profiling. Executives, coaches and public speakers studying authority and persuasion, and readers who have worked through Hughes's shorter books and want the full reference.

Why this edition

Hughes's other titles each cover one piece of his method. The Ops Manual is the consolidated version, written as a training manual with models, tables and step-by-step procedures rather than anecdotes. It is dense and assumes the reader will study it, which is the reason it is priced and bound like a textbook.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the author of The Behavior Operations Manual?

Chase Hughes, a behavior and influence trainer with a military intelligence background, who also wrote The Ellipsis Manual and Six-Minute X-Ray.

Is this book about body language?

Body language is one part of it. The book covers observation, influence, authority and self-regulation, with body language and micro-expressions treated in the Behavioral Table of Elements section.

Is this suitable for a beginner?

It can be read without prior background, but it is a reference manual. Readers new to the topic often start with one of Hughes's shorter books first.

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