In The Simpsons Dealmaking, Harry Shearer Goes Public

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How did actor Henry Shearer and the producers of the hit television show The Simpsons arrive at a win-win negotiated agreement? In this article drawn from examples … Read This Post

Top 10 Best Pieces of Negotiation Advice of 2015

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Across politics, business, entertainment, and sports, negotiators reminded us that collaboration and close attention are needed to resolve disputes and reach innovative deals.

10. Searching the haystack. … Read Top 10 Best Pieces of Negotiation Advice of 2015

Don’t Let the Outside Voices Ruin the Dialogue Inside: Limiting the Impact of Outsiders on Your Negotiation

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How US Secretary of State John Kerry overcame the objections of influential outsiders and headed off their attempts to influence proceedings at the negotiation table. … Read This Post

Jennifer Lawrence Learns the Importance of Negotiating on Your Own Behalf

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How Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence learned the hard way to bargain hard for your own salary in business negotiations. Here is her negotiation story. … Read This Post

Negotiation in the News: Breaking dysfunctional patterns – The surprisingly cooperative U.S. budget deal

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In negotiations with longtime counterparts, it can be difficult to overcome entrenched bad habits and past resentments. That certainly has been the case for negotiations between the … Read This Post

The Fiscal Cliff and the Debt Ceiling: Program on Negotiation Chair Robert Mnookin Discusses Recent and Future Negotiations Between Congressional Republicans and the White House

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What methodology was driving the posturing and statements behind congressional Republicans and the Obama administration’s negotiations regarding the debt ceiling and how both sides came together to … Read This Post

Financial Negotiations During the Banking Crisis: Did the Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Meet Its Goals?

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The mortgage foreclosure settlement reached by the Obama Administration and major US banks bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis illustrates the importance of an integrative negotiations … Read This Post

What You Can Learn from Putin’s Negotiation Style

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In January 2015 the Negotiation Briefings newsletter featured an article, “Dealing with difficult people – even when you don’t want to,” discussing the impasse NATO leaders had … Read This Post

Why It’s So Hard to Learn

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Why is learning difficult? Possibly because it will expose past mistakes and engender negative feelings yet this process is essential to improving your negotiating ability and in … Read Why It’s So Hard to Learn

Dear Negotiation Coach: Taking the Shame Out of Networking

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I manage a team of consultants who engage in negotiations. We often discuss the importance of networking to create new negotiating opportunities, but I rarely see them … Read This Post

Trying to Come to Terms with an Adversary?

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A string of recent deals between longtime opponents could give you the inspiration you need to reach agreement with your most difficult partners.

Republicans and Democrats. North and … Read Trying to Come to Terms with an Adversary?

In Negotiation, Display Anger with Caution

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Virtually all of us experience feelings of anger from time to time during our negotiations. Past research findings reassured business negotiators that their displays of anger could … Read In Negotiation, Display Anger with Caution