Learning from Negotiation Training

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Adapted from “Putting Negotiation Training to Work,” by Max H. Bazerman (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Many executives read books and newsletters to … Read Learning from Negotiation Training

A Closer Look at Collective Bargaining

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Adapted from “Innovation in Labor Relations,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

In 2004, a team of MIT and Harvard researchers published a study of a bold initiative … Read A Closer Look at Collective Bargaining

Dealing with Option Overload

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Adapted from “Option Overload? Manage the Choices on the Table,” by Chris Guthrie (professor, Vanderbilt University Law School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Consider what happened when … Read Dealing with Option Overload

Metaphors Are Bridges: They Can Connect You to the Other Side—or Collapse Disastrously

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Tufts Magazine: Negotiating Life

Jeswald W. Salacuse (Henry J. Baker Professor of Law; former Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author of The Global Negotiator … Read This Post

Put Apologies in Your Toolbox

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Adapted from “Regain Your Counterpart’s Trust with an Apology,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

The problem: Whether you meant to or not, you’ve hurt or offended your … Read Put Apologies in Your Toolbox

Negotiation and the Glass Ceiling

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Adapted from “A Fresh Look Through the Glass Ceiling,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Women are less likely to seize opportunities to negotiate than men, Linda Babcock … Read Negotiation and the Glass Ceiling

When Negotiators Act Like Parasites

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Adapted from “Creating Values, Weighing Values,” by Max H. Bazerman (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

In April 2001, the FTC filed a complaint … Read When Negotiators Act Like Parasites

Helping Decentralized Organizations Negotiate More Effectively

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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

Max Bazerman Discusses “Blind Spots” at the Harvard Book Store

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The Harvard Book Store
presents

“Blind Spots” with Max Bazerman
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
See Event Details Online: http://www.harvard.com/event/max_h._bazerman/
About the Book:
When confronted with an … Read This Post

Video: 2010 Great Negotiator Martti Ahtisaari

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On September 27, 2010, the Program on Negotiation presented former President of Finland the Great Negotiator Award. This video shows a portion of the event, including part … Read Video: 2010 Great Negotiator Martti Ahtisaari

Put More on the Table

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Adapted from “Putting More on the Table: How Making Multiple Offers Can Increase the Final Value of the Deal,” by Victoria Husted Medvec and Adam D. Galinsky … Read Put More on the Table

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

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James K. Sebenius (Program on Negotiation Executive Committee Vice-Chair; Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Co-author of 3-D Negotiation)

Negotiators are often too confident of … Read This Post