cultural barriers

How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations

| | International Negotiation

Some of the most fundamental international negotiation skills to develop are negotiation strategies on how to overcome cultural barriers in communication. … Read This Post

emotional triggers

Emotional Triggers: How Emotions Affect Your Negotiating Ability

| | Dispute Resolution

Imagine you’re about to negotiate with a competing firm about a possible merger, but will need to combat emotional triggers. You enter the conference room and find … Read This Post

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How to Use Tradeoffs to Create Value in Your Negotiations

| | Win-Win Negotiations

How do expectations of fairness and reciprocity at the bargaining table impact negotiator decisions regarding the strategies and tactics they use during bargaining? Sometimes talks get off … Read This Post

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3 Negotiation Strategies for Conflict Resolution

| | Dispute Resolution

When a dispute flares up and conflict resolution is required, the outcome can be sadly predictable: the conflict escalates, with each side blaming the other in increasingly … Read 3 Negotiation Strategies for Conflict Resolution

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How to Find the ZOPA in Business Negotiations

| | Business Negotiations

In business negotiation, two polar-opposite errors are common: reaching agreement when it wouldn’t be wise to do so, and walking away from a mutually beneficial outcome. How … Read How to Find the ZOPA in Business Negotiations

Notable Negotiations

10 Notable Negotiations of 2021

| | Negotiation Skills

Looking back at our list of 10 Notable Negotiations of 2021, which includes a few bargaining highs amid the many lows. Challenged by pandemic-era uncertainty, mounting political … Read 10 Notable Negotiations of 2021

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Taylor Swift: Negotiation Mastermind?

| | BATNA

What should you do when a negotiation is crumbling? Some people redouble their efforts—conducting more research, holding longer meetings, and scraping together more financing. Others look around … Read Taylor Swift: Negotiation Mastermind?

email negotiation

Teach Your Students How to Have Difficult Conversations Over Email

| | Teaching Negotiation

Negotiating over email has its own unique challenges and opportunities. For example, people often assume that the emails they have sent are read immediately and so experience … Read This Post

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AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes

| | Mediation

AI mediation is on the rise, with chatbots increasingly assisting human mediators in resolving disputes. Here’s what AI mediation is capable of—and where it falls short. … Read AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes

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Mediation Training: What Can You Expect?

| | Mediation

Organizations have long recognized the value of hiring professional mediators to help resolve disputes. More and more, managers have begun to also see value in securing mediation … Read Mediation Training: What Can You Expect?

Negotiating with Difficult Personalities

Negotiating with Difficult Personalities and “Dark” Personality Traits

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Have you ever found yourself negotiating with difficult personalities, or negotiating with someone who seemed entirely ruthless and lacking in empathy? From time to time, we may … Read This Post

types of mediation

Types of Mediation: Choose the Type Best Suited to Your Conflict

| | Mediation

When parties involved in a serious conflict want to avoid a court battle, there are types of mediation can be an effective alternative. In mediation, a trained … Read This Post