![negotiation](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/nik-macmillan-280300-1-652x404.jpg)
Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?
How does the desire to negotiate stack up against other workplace decision-making procedures? Negotiation seems to be the preferred decision-making mechanism when employees are seeking individually tailored … Read This Post
![negotiation case studies](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/lidya-nada-638295-unsplash-652x404.jpg)
Negotiation Case Studies: The Bangladesh Factory-Safety Agreements
We can learn a lot from negotiation case studies. On April 24, 2013 an eight-story building in Bangladesh known as Rana Plaza collapsed, killing an estimated 1,129 … Read This Post
![paternal leadership, servant leadership theory](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/paternal-leadership-652x404.jpeg)
Servant Leadership Theory
When considering various leadership models to emulate, leaders have a wide variety to choose from, including participative leadership, charismatic leadership, directive leadership, authoritarian leadership, and paternalistic leadership. … Read Servant Leadership Theory
![Trust in Negotiations](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/Negotiation-Skills-Building-Trust-e1642875332455.jpg)
Negotiation Skills: Building Trust in Negotiations
Trust in negotiations may develop naturally over time, but negotiators rarely have the luxury of letting nature take its course. Thus it sometimes seems easiest to play it … Read This Post
![mediation](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/michal-parzuchowski-geNNFqfvw48-unsplash-1-652x404.jpg)
Mediation and the Conflict Resolution Process
It’s often the case that when two people or organizations try to resolve a dispute by determining who is right, they get stuck. That’s why so many … Read Mediation and the Conflict Resolution Process
![managing difficult employees](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/managing-difficult-employees-652x404.jpg)
Managing Difficult Employees, and Those Who Just Seem Difficult
Ask the many managers of a certain high-volume restaurant in the Midwest what their greatest work challenge is, and they’d most likely say something along the lines … Read This Post
![types of conflict](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/neonbrand-428982-e1636157400906.jpg)
Types of Conflict in Business Negotiation—and How to Avoid Them
Conflict in business negotiation is common, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are steps we can take to avoid types of conflict and misunderstandings. … Read This Post
![coalitions](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/priscilla-du-preez-306240-652x404.jpg)
The Benefits of Coalitions at the Bargaining Table
Labor unions may be the most obvious example of a negotiating coalitions. When a company negotiates with an employee individually, it could threaten to hire someone else … Read This Post
![](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/Colorado-River-e1675357492889-652x404.jpg)
Teach Your Students to Negotiate Cross-Border Water Conflicts
With the south-western United States experiencing a years-long drought which has dramatically depleted the Colorado River, there are many signs that water conflicts will become more frequent. … Read This Post
![](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/Conflict-652x404.jpg)
Types of Conflict in Negotiation
There are many types of conflict in negotiation, from the constructive to the destructive. We consider four types of conflict in negotiation that you can learn to … Read Types of Conflict in Negotiation
![negotiation strategies](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/oscar-keys-60730-e1634768387580.jpg)
Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Concepts: Hostage Negotiation Tips for Business Negotiators
Upset by a delay in the delivery of one of your products, a longtime buyer threatens to turn to the media unless you meet his extreme demands. … Read This Post
![paternal leadership, servant leadership theory](https://www.pon.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/images/posts/paternal-leadership-652x404.jpeg)
Paternalistic Leadership: Beyond Authoritarianism
What’s your first reaction to the concept of paternalistic leadership? If you’re new to the concept and from an individualistic culture, such as the United States, Canada, … Read Paternalistic Leadership: Beyond Authoritarianism