ethics compass

Negotiation Ethics: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?

| | Dealmaking

The strength of our negotiation ethics may vary depending on our gender, according to one study. Here’s why this may be the case—and advice on how we … Read This Post

negotiation in business

Negotiation in Business: Apple and Samsung’s Dispute Resolution Case Study

| | Business Negotiations

For two days in late May 2012, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi met with a judge in the U.S. District Court of Northern … Read This Post

Distributive Bargaining Strategies

Distributive Bargaining Strategies

| | Negotiation Skills

Wise negotiators recognize the value of both collaborating and competing at the bargaining table. They look for ways to increase the pie of value for all parties, … Read Distributive Bargaining Strategies

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Negotiation Skills for Win-Win Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

A few characteristics of negotiation styles include hard bargaining tactics focused on claiming as much value as possible and integrative negotiation strategies such as value creation or … Read Negotiation Skills for Win-Win Negotiations

negotiation education

How To Share a Negotiation Education with Kids

| | Leadership Skills

There are numerous opportunities for adults to learn and practice their negotiation skills. Whether it’s working through an issue with a coworker, buying a home, or taking … Read How To Share a Negotiation Education with Kids

conflict resolution

Using Conflict Resolution Skills: Trying to Forgive and Move Forward

| | Conflict Resolution

In business negotiations, when a counterpart apologizes for harming or offending you, should you forgive and move forward? What if doing so seems impossible? … Read This Post

Power Asymmetry and Principal Agent Video

Power Asymmetry and the Principal Agent Problem

| | Teaching Negotiation

This video simulation on power asymmetry and principal agent dynamics by Professor Lawrence Susskind and Robert Wilkinson was designed to give students insights into the challenges surrounding … Read Power Asymmetry and the Principal Agent Problem

Salary Negotiations

Should You Negotiate a Job Offer?

| | Salary Negotiations

Should you negotiate a job offer? It’s a question that torments many job candidates—yet according to new research, the answer is crystal clear. … Read Should You Negotiate a Job Offer?

how to become a mediator

How Mediation Works When Both Parties Agree They Need Help Resolving the Dispute

| | Mediation

Negotiations have reached an impasse, but both sides agree on one thing: you need help resolving the dispute. You engage a neutral mediator to do just that. … Read This Post

nonnegotiable

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”

international negotiation

Top International Negotiation Examples: The East China Sea Dispute

| | International Negotiation

Even when negotiators believe they sincerely want to reach an outcome that is fair to all, their perceptions of what constitutes a fair agreement are likely to … Read This Post

logrolling

Negotiations and Logrolling: Discover Opportunities to Generate Mutual Gains

| | Mediation

Logrolling is the act of trading across issues in a negotiation. Logrolling requires that a negotiator knows his or her own priorities, but also the priorities of … Read This Post