What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
Business negotiators tend to want the best of both worlds. When reaching an agreement, they want to pin down parties’ respective rights and responsibilities, but they also … Read What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
Negotiation in International Relations: Finding Common Ground
When thinking of negotiation in international relations, it’s difficult to think of any negotiation with higher stakes than those surrounding nuclear nonproliferation. Often conducted amid international conflict … Read This Post
Role Negotiation for Leadership Positions
Role negotiation is at least as important as negotiating your pay and benefits for a new job. Here’s how to effectively negotiate your next leadership role. … Read Role Negotiation for Leadership Positions
Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation
In previous international negotiation articles from cross cultural negotiation case studies, we have focused on how international negotiators can avoid cognitive biases and overcome cultural barriers. But … Read This Post
Negotiating Moral Conflicts: Get Past “Us” Versus “Them”
Moral conflicts between groups are inevitable in modern life, writes Harvard University professor Joshua Greene in his book Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us … Read This Post
Mind Matters in Negotiation
It’s no secret that the mindset we bring to our negotiations can affect our outcomes. Recent research on the anchoring effect and meditation suggests how adjustments to … Read Mind Matters in Negotiation
Gender and Negotiation: New Research Findings
Our assumptions about gender and negotiation are often based on outmoded, inaccurate stereotypes. Recent research reveals how our thinking fails us—and how we might do better. … Read Gender and Negotiation: New Research Findings
Winner’s Curse: Negotiation Mistakes to Avoid
Imagine that at the beginning of class, a professor produces a jar full of coins and announces that he is auctioning it off. Students can write down … Read Winner’s Curse: Negotiation Mistakes to Avoid
Challenges Facing Women Negotiators
Historically, women have faced significant hurdles in employment negotiations. Here’s what we know about these barriers, plus strategies leaders can use to improve fairness in the workplace. … Read Challenges Facing Women Negotiators
How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations
Some of the most fundamental international negotiation skills to develop are negotiation strategies on how to overcome cultural barriers in communication. … Read This Post
Conflict Resolution Scenarios: Negotiating Values
The most heated types of conflict in organizations and in our personal lives often concern our core values, such as our personal moral standards, our religious and … Read Conflict Resolution Scenarios: Negotiating Values
When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations
The question of when to make the first offer in negotiations is more complex than it might seem at first glance. Careful analysis is needed to determine … Read When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations