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Conflict Resolution Scenarios: Negotiating Values

| | Conflict Resolution

The most heated types of conflict in organizations and in our personal lives often concern our core values, such as our personal moral standards, our religious and … Read Conflict Resolution Scenarios: Negotiating Values

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How to Write a Contract That Doesn’t Leave Room for Interpretation

| | Dispute Resolution

If you’ve tended to leave contract drafting and review to your lawyers in the past, you might think twice about doing so in the future after reading … Read This Post

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How to Renegotiate a Bad Deal

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Think you have some stories from trying to renegotiate? Try this one on for size. Many viewed the deal to be a terrible one from the start. … Read How to Renegotiate a Bad Deal

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Hardball Negotiation Tactics: Time Pressure in Major League Baseball

| | Business Negotiations

Major League Baseball (MLB) games are known for their leisurely pacing. In recent years, off-season negotiations between teams and free agents have sometimes proceeded at a similarly … Read This Post

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Creating Value in Integrative Negotiations: Myth of the Fixed-Pie of Resources

| | Negotiation Skills

Creating value is the name of the game in integrative negotiations but these principles can also apply to the highly competitive realm of business negotiations. In the … Read This Post

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Teaching Critical Leadership Skills

| | Teaching Negotiation

Running a multinational corporation, starting a small business, or leading a diplomatic mission all require critical leadership skills. Being an effective leader necessitates negotiating both within your … Read Teaching Critical Leadership Skills

When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

Should you make the first offer in your negotiations? If so, how aggressive should it be? These are critical questions in negotiation, ones that have been repeatedly … Read When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations

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Use a Negotiation Preparation Worksheet for Continuous Improvement

| | Negotiation Training

When determining the best alternative to a negotiated agreement or BATNA (the point at which the negotiators ought to walk away from the table), executives should check … Read This Post

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Negotiation Research on Mediation Techniques: Focus on Interests

| | Mediation

There is a better way to resolve your dispute: by hiring an expert mediator with a focus on interests – the needs, desires, or concerns that underlie … Read This Post

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Value Conflict: What It Is and How to Resolve It

| | Conflict Resolution

Some of our most heated negotiations and disputes involve value conflict over our core values, such as our personal moral standards, our religious and political beliefs, and … Read Value Conflict: What It Is and How to Resolve It

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Moral Leadership: Do Women Negotiate More Ethically than Men?

| | Leadership Skills

A key component of moral leadership is motivating others to live up to their personal ethical standards and those of your organization, even in the face of … Read This Post

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In Negotiation, How Much Do Personality and Other Individual Differences Matter?

| | Negotiation Skills

Most negotiation advice centers on the mistakes all of us make. But individual differences in personality, intelligence, and outlook could also affect your talks. Imagine how you … Read This Post