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Teaching Contract Negotiation: Using the Mutual Gains Approach

| | Teaching Negotiation

How do you use the mutual gains approach in contract negotiations?
In contract negotiations, parties can often resort to positional bargaining instead of using the mutual gains approach. … Read This Post

getting to yes

Six Guidelines for “Getting to Yes”

| | Negotiation Skills

In their revolutionary book Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Penguin, 3rd edition, 2011), Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton introduced the world to … Read Six Guidelines for “Getting to Yes”

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5 Win-Win Negotiation Strategies

| | Win-Win Negotiations

Business negotiators understand the importance of reaching a win-win negotiation: when both sides are satisfied with their agreement, the odds of a long-lasting and successful business partnership … Read 5 Win-Win Negotiation Strategies

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When a Job Offer is “Nonnegotiable”

| | Negotiation Skills

Question: I am in my final year of business school and starting to prepare for job interviews. I have heard many of the organizations that recruit on … Read When a Job Offer is “Nonnegotiable”

emotional intelligence

Emotional Intelligence as a Negotiating Skill

| | Negotiation Skills

The concept of emotional intelligence burst into the cultural imagination in 1995 with the publication of psychologist Daniel Goleman’s bestselling book of the same name. Experts have … Read Emotional Intelligence as a Negotiating Skill

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Negotiating Skills: Learn How to Build Trust at the Negotiation Table

| | Dealmaking

In this article some negotiating skills and negotiation tactics for building trust with your counterpart are presented. … Read This Post

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Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation

| | International Negotiation

In previous international negotiation articles from cross cultural negotiation case studies, we have focused on how international negotiators can avoid cognitive biases and overcome cultural barriers. But … Read This Post

Principled Negotiation

Principled Negotiation: Focus on Interests to Create Value

| | Negotiation Skills

Inexperienced negotiators and even many experienced negotiators tend to assume they have a choice between two main strategies: negotiate in a tough, demanding manner or in a … Read This Post

power in negotiation

Power in Negotiation: The Impact on Negotiators and the Negotiation Process

| | Negotiation Skills

According to Dacher Keltner of the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues, power in negotiation affects two primary neurological regulators of behavior: the behavioral approach … Read This Post

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Employee Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills

| | Mediation

If you manage people, disputes will show up at your door. Here are some mediation techniques from the world of alternative dispute resolution to help you resolve … Read This Post

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How to Negotiate via Text Message

| | American Secretaries of State Project, Negotiation Skills

Do you negotiate via text message? If you’re a young person early in your career, there’s a good chance you could easily pull up message strings full … Read How to Negotiate via Text Message

Salary Negotiation Skills

Are Salary Negotiation Skills Different for Men and Women?

| | Salary Negotiations

Most negotiators don’t engage in the kinds of high-stakes bargaining we read about in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, but almost … Read This Post