Influence

The following items are tagged Influence.

Dealing with the Other Side’s Constituents

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During a meeting with a potential customer, a new salesperson leaves the room several times to make phone calls. Each time when she returns, she tells the customer she can’t accept the terms they just negotiated. Exasperate by her apparent lack of authority, the customer ends the meeting abruptly.

As this scenario shows, your counterpart’s constituents

Touchy-feely Negotiators?

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

In a series of studies, Joshua M.Ackerman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Christopher C. Nocera of Harvard University, and John A. Bargh of Yale University explored how the feel of physical objects could arbitrarily be influencing our choices without our knowledge.

In one study, the researchers asked passersby to evaluate a job candidate by reviewing

Are You Talking to the Right Person?

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

When someone is reluctant to engage in negotiation, you might try to wear her down until she finally caves in. Before you risk becoming a pest, however, ask yourself a critical question: Am I talking to the right person?

When negotiators fail to map out the negotiation process in advance, they can encounter detours and dead