Get Time on Your Side

| | Negotiation Skills

When negotiators can’t manage to resolve a final sticking point, time can be one of the best tools at your disposal. How can you use time to … Read Get Time on Your Side

When Others are Counting on You

| | Conflict Resolution

Unless your official title is “lawyer” or “agent” you probably don’t think of yourself as an agent. But if you’ve ever represented a family member, your boss, … Read When Others are Counting on You

Should Your Boss Be at the Negotiation Table?

| | Negotiation Skills

Imagine that you are about to begin a negotiation whose subject matter is squarely within your area of responsibility at my company. However, the dollar amounts at … Read Should Your Boss Be at the Negotiation Table?

Opening Multiple Doors for Dispute Resolution

| | Dispute Resolution

The Harvard Law School website featured a story about the Ministry of Justice in Chile hosting Harvard Law School Mediation and Clinical Program students Leah Kang (HLS … Read Opening Multiple Doors for Dispute Resolution

The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid

| | Events, International Negotiation

“The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid”

with

Michael Young

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Time: 7:30 – 9 PM

Where: Langdell North, Harvard Law School

Event is free … Read This Post

Professor Mnookin participates in panel discussion on Shalit deal

| | International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

Hostage negotiations are challenging in any situation, but the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner exchange involving Gilad Shalit in 2011 was more challenging than most.  Learning lessons from this exchange … Read This Post

Pakistan and the US: Ships Passing in the Night

| | International Negotiation, The Kelman Seminar

Pakistan and the US:
Ships Passing in the Night
with

Pir Zubair Shah
Reporter for The New York Times and Nieman Fellow
and
David Greenway
Columnist for The Boston Globe and Shorenstein Fellow
 
Date: Monday, February … Read Pakistan and the US: Ships Passing in the Night

When Negotiation Conflict is Internal

| | Negotiation Skills

In negotiation, rarely does a deal seem perfect. Rather, we often feel ambivalent about our choices. Should you accept your counterpart’s best and final offer, which is … Read When Negotiation Conflict is Internal

Are You Avoiding a Key Negotiation?

| | Negotiation Skills

Imagine that it’s time to shop for a new car. A friend has told you that she solicited bids from dealers on a no-haggle website and was … Read Are You Avoiding a Key Negotiation?

Fight or Flight

| | Negotiation Skills

Many things factor into whether you choose “fight or flight” when faced with a difficult situation in life. Whether it is a disagreeable coworker or a border … Read Fight or Flight

Dr. Ehud Eiran reflects on Israel’s strategic options in changing Middle East

| | International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

With rising political instability in its surrounding environment, Israel will have to adapt its foreign policy to deal with new strategic challenges, Dr. Ehud Eiran, a faculty … Read This Post

PON faculty member leads Water Diplomacy Workshop

| | International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives

This summer, senior Arab and Israeli water negotiators and policymakers will convene in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with individuals from more than 15 other countries to participate in … Read PON faculty member leads Water Diplomacy Workshop