Negotiation in the News: Before building a coalition, consider the consequences

| | Leadership Skills

This past July, the News Media Alliance (NMA), a trade association of approximately 2,000 U.S. and Canadian news organizations, announced that it was planning to ask Congress … Read This Post

2017 Great Negotiator Award Goes to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

| | Events, Great Negotiator Award, Leadership Skills

On September 20th, Harvard Law School awarded the prestigious annual Great Negotiator award to Nobel Prize Winner, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, on behalf of the Program … Read This Post

Teaching Negotiation: The Art of Case Study Writing

| | Teaching Negotiation

Jim Sebenius, the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, addressed these questions in his presentation at … Read This Post

difficult people

How to Break Through Barriers in Negotiation When Dealing with Difficult People

| | Dealing with Difficult People

In negotiation, we sometimes face the dreaded task of asking difficult people, intimidating opponents, and otherwise daunting counterparts for a big favor. How can we close the … Read This Post

role play simulation

Bullard Houses Role-Play Simulation Helps Researchers Explore Gender Inequality

| | Teaching Negotiation

In a recent Slate.com article, writer and PhD in Psychology Jane Hu described the findings of a research study by Professor Laura J. Kray, University of California, … Read This Post

Manage Family Conflict When Business Negotiations Go Bad

Manage Family Conflict When Business Negotiations Go Bad

| | Conflict Resolution

Conventional wisdom warns us against doing business with family members. Negotiations between people linked by close ties can result in hurt feelings, damaged relationships, or simply the … Read This Post

multiparty negotiations

Real Leaders Negotiate to Meet Their Organization’s Goals

| | Leadership Skills

Imagine a typical leader, and you might think of someone who is bold, decisive, visionary, assertive, and charismatic. Now think about the kinds of actions that such … Read This Post

spoilers

Teach Your Students Spoiler Management in Negotiations

| | Teaching Negotiation

What can you do to protect a negotiation from spoilers?
The greatest risk to a negotiation can come from parties at the table who are intent on spoiling … Read This Post

How to Avoid Preparing Unethical Negotiation Plans

How to Avoid Preparing Unethical Negotiation Plans

| | Dealing with Difficult People

To what degree should you level the playing field for your counterpart in negotiations? Let’s turn to the question of whether you have an ethical obligation to … Read This Post

Leadership Style Assessment: Road Map for Podemos in Spain

Leadership Style Assessment: Road Map for Podemos in Spain

| | Leadership Skills

The skills required for honing an effective participative leadership style have a great deal in common with those used by good negotiators. Following the May 24, 2015 … Read This Post

negotiation research body language in the negotiation process and mind reading

Be a Better Mind Reader and Create Value Using Integrative Negotiation Strategies

| | Win-Win Negotiations

How important is body language in the negotiation process? Take the following example: The parents of a toddler were interested in finding a babysitter to work one … Read This Post

Satisficing and Negotiation

Satisficing and Negotiation

| | Business Negotiations

It stands to reason that devoting less time to relatively unimportant choices should free you up for more meaningful pursuits and increase your overall satisfaction. But how … Read Satisficing and Negotiation