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Preparing for Negotiation
Understanding how to arrange the meeting space is a key aspect of preparing for negotiation. In this video, Professor Guhan Subramanian discusses a real world example of how seating arrangements can influence a negotiator’s success. This discussion was held at the 3 day executive education workshop for senior executives at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
Guhan Subramanian is the Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School.
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Crisis Negotiations
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Mediation
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John Mereness /
I have previously taken a lower salary in exchange for a higher bonus - the problem though was that due to the economy the business was not able to pay out any sort of executive bonus (and the traditional ones had been very impressive) - thus it turned out to have been a good deal in a good economy and a poor deal in a bad one. I have also had deals pulled off the table as it turns out they were stretching to get me the highest salary they could (which were still below industry standards) and failed to mention the efforts they took in getting to the offer level (so at that point were were coming to the table with two distinctly different perspective and what should have been a traditional negotiation turned into a slap in the face).