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About: Alex Green

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Laurence Alex Green is a program fellow for the Program on Negotiation's Great Negotiator project and senior research associate for the Harvard Kennedy School's American Secretaries of State Project. A journalist and commentary writer, he has published extensively on environmental policy, the history of disability, and contemporary trends in American publishing. He is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Servant Leadership and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge

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  • Leadership Styles in Crisis Negotiations
  • A University Negotiates Accusations of Autocratic Leadership
  • Leadership Style Assessment: Road Map for Podemos in Spain
  • “Chasing Heroin” with Situational Leadership and Negotiation
  • A Negotiation Back on the Rails with Transactional Leadership
  • Conflict Negotiators Turn to Miss Universe
  • The Leadership Styles of “Girls” at the Negotiating Table
  • The Leadership Skills of Late Night
  • Negotiation and Leadership Skills: Jerry Brown Re-Frames a Deal at High Speed
  • The Red Sox Throw the Wrong Leadership at a Negotiation
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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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    • Learning from BATNA Examples in Negotiation
    • Michael Scott, Negotiation Genius? Lessons from TV Negotiations
    • Managing Difficult Negotiators
    • How to Make a Good Deal When You Lack Power
    • Negotiation Examples: How Crisis Negotiators Use Text Messaging
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    • Individual Differences in Negotiation—and How They Affect Results
    • Salary Negotiation Strategies in the NBA and Beyond
    • Avoid Bad-Faith Negotiations
    • Employment Negotiations: To Poach or Not to Poach?
    • The Star Wars Negotiations and Trust at the Negotiation Table
  • Conflict Resolution
    • Conflict Management Skills When Dealing with an Angry Public
    • How to Deal with Threats: 4 Negotiation Tips for Managing Conflict at the Bargaining Table
    • Ripeness Theory in Dispute Resolution: Seizing the Day
    • Types of Conflict in Business Negotiation—and How to Avoid Them
    • Interpersonal Conflict Resolution: Beyond Conflict Avoidance
  • Crisis Negotiations
    • What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
    • Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
    • Crisis Communication Examples: What’s So Funny?
    • AI Negotiation in the News
    • Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
  • Dealing with Difficult People
    • Dealing with challenging negotiators
    • Dealing with Hardball Tactics in Negotiation
    • How to Deal with Difficult Customers
    • How to Manage Difficult Staff: Gen Z Edition
    • Dealing with Difficult People: Coping with an Insulting Offer in Contract Negotiations
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    • What Are Circular Deals?
    • How to Counter Offer Successfully With a Strong Rationale
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?
    • What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
    • Using Principled Negotiation to Resolve Disagreements
    • Choose the Right Dispute Resolution Process
    • Dispute Resolution Case Study: Conflict on the High Seas
  • International Negotiation
    • Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation
    • How to Solve Intercultural Conflict
    • International Negotiations: North and South Korea Talks Collapse
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    • Malala Yousafzai Visits the Program on Negotiation
  • Leadership Skills
    • Leading vs. Managing: What’s the Difference?
    • Directive Leadership: When It Does—and Doesn’t—Work
    • How To Share a Negotiation Education with Kids
    • Learning from Ethical Leadership Failures at Boeing
    • Salary Negotiations: Reducing Gender and Racial Pay Gaps
  • Mediation
    • How Mediation Can Help Resolve Pro Sports Disputes
    • AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
    • How Mediation Works When Both Parties Agree They Need Help Resolving the Dispute
    • Mediation Checklist: 5 Questions to Ask When Hiring Mediators
    • Types of Mediation: Choose the Type Best Suited to Your Conflict
  • Negotiation Skills
    • 10 Negotiation Failures
    • BATNA Strategy: When to Reveal Your BATNA
    • In Negotiation, Is Benevolent Deception Acceptable?
    • Effective Negotiation Strategies for Dealing with Competitors
    • Daniel Kahneman Showed Negotiators a More Rational Path
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    • Best Negotiation Books: A Negotiation Reading List
  • Salary Negotiations
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    • Salary Negotiation: How to Ask for a Higher Salary
    • How to Negotiate Salary: 3 Winning Strategies
    • How to Counter a Job Offer: Avoid Common Mistakes
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    • Teaching with Multi-Round Simulations: Balancing Internal and External Negotiations
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