The Negotiation Simulation Method: Teach Legal Lessons by Immersive Means

| | Teaching Negotiation

In complex legal negotiations, money, reputations, and sometimes even lives are often at stake. Legal professionals must know how to read and debate the law as well … Read This Post

Modest Goals Gave Hope to Syria Peace talks

| | International Negotiation

In international negotiations and other complex multiparty negotiations, should you set ambitious goals right from the start or begin with more modest ones?

Aiming high can lead to … Read Modest Goals Gave Hope to Syria Peace talks

Negotiation Exercises Designed To Help Settle Workplace Conflict

| | Teaching Negotiation

From brokering a deal to negotiating a sale, there are many disputes that happen at work. Among the most challenging are those involving employers and employees. That’s … Read This Post

Emotion in Negotiations: How to Detect Sincerity at the Bargaining Table

| | Negotiation Skills

Following the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010, some media observers criticized President Barack Obama for seeming to be … Read This Post

In Renegotiation with Britain, EU Faced Weak BATNA

| | International Negotiation

How David Cameron’s Tory government’s plans to leave the euro-zone have EU ministers scrambling in negotiations with a weak alternative to a negotiated agreement. … Read This Post

For Kesha, Support of Peers Could Bring Settlement Leverage

| | Dispute Resolution

Business negotiators are typically advised to keep their dealmaking and dispute resolution efforts private. Complaining about an adversary’s negotiation and conflict resolution strategies to the press or … Read This Post

Negotiation Research You Can Use: Women’s Leadership in Negotiation

| | Leadership Skills

Numerous research studies have found that women who assertively emphasize their skills, accomplishments, or desire to lead tend to be viewed as less likable and less hirable … Read This Post

Negotiation in the News: Arm’s Length Peacemaking

| | International Negotiation

For 70 years, the governments of Japan and South Korea disagreed over what Japan might owe the Korean women its soldiers abused during World War II. The … Read Negotiation in the News: Arm’s Length Peacemaking

With Patient Approach, FBI Steered Oregon Occupiers Toward Their BATNA

| | BATNA

The 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon ended on February 11 when the last occupiers surrendered. Federal authorities in six states also … Read This Post

Top 10 Best Negotiations of 2014: Negotiation Case Studies Drawn from Negotiation Examples in Real Life

| | Negotiation Skills

Rather than unparalleled triumphs and victories, many of the 10 Best Negotiations of 2014 share a common theme of “making the best of a bad situation.” From … Read This Post

Negotiation Skills for Resolving International Conflicts

| | Negotiation Skills

What are the essential skills a negotiator needs to resolve conflicts abroad? How do international conflicts differ from domestic conflicts? What issues specific to bargaining across borders … Read This Post

Learning from the Debates About the Debates

| | Dealmaking

There is “nothing worse than a debate about debates,” John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, recently said in the midst of his candidate’s heated … Read Learning from the Debates About the Debates