Not-So-Privileged Information

| | Dispute Resolution

The law of attorney-client privilege protects certain communications on the assumption that clients will reveal critical information to their attorneys only if they know such disclosures will … Read Not-So-Privileged Information

Four Strategies for Making Concessions in Negotiation

Negotiation Skills: Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

Family members in business together bring an added complication to inevitable conflicts. In this article, the authors discuss five principles of negotiation specifically relevant for deal-making and … Read This Post

Negotiation Skills: Overcoming the Not-In-My-Backyard (NIMBY) Syndrome

| | Negotiation Skills

Lawrence Susskind (Ford professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author of Built to Win; co-author of Breaking Robert’s Rules and Breaking the … Read This Post

Preparing for Multiparty Negotiation

| | Conflict Resolution

When you’re getting ready to meet with more than one party, the usual steps of two-party negotiation apply. … Read Preparing for Multiparty Negotiation

Negotiation Skills: When It’s Better to Be in the Dark

| | Negotiation Skills

When your agent negotiates on your behalf, it’s generally smart to have her keep you in the loop throughout the process with regular phone calls, e-mails, or … Read This Post

Successes and Messes

| | Business Negotiations

In negotiation, as in other areas of life, the early bird often gets the worm. That’s just one of the lessons of a new deal reached between … Read Successes and Messes

In business negotiations, share the wealth wisely

| | Business Negotiations

After graduating from the University of Chicago’s business school in 1971, David G. Booth took what he had learned and ran with it. The firm he founded, … Read In business negotiations, share the wealth wisely

A harmonious ending

| | Dealmaking

If you’ve ever felt trapped in a long-standing relationship, you may know the frustrating feeling of watching tempting opportunities pass you by. Executives at the Lincoln Center … Read A harmonious ending

Getting past “You go first”

| | Win-Win Negotiations

In our easiest professional negotiations, we have ample resources to divide among us, and everyone involved expects to benefit in both the short term and the long … Read Getting past “You go first”

Harvard Programs Host Discussion on “Why Is It Hard to Talk About War? Bridging the Civilian – Military Divide” with Congressman-Elect Seth Moulton and PON Managing Director Susan Hackley

| | Negotiation Skills

On December 8, 2014, Congressman-Elect Seth Moulton and Managing Director Susan Hackley co-presented at Harvard’s Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution. This seminar … Read This Post

Share Your Stories With The Negotiation Community

| | Teaching Negotiation

At the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School, we know that learning from your peers can be extremely valuable. That’s why we’d like to ask … Read Share Your Stories With The Negotiation Community

Negotiation Skills: Could I Really Make a Difference?

| | Negotiation Skills

Individual negotiators are sometimes overwhelmed by the idea of leading organization-wide changes to negotiation practices. In fact, it doesn’t take much time or effort to set the … Read This Post