Top 10 Negotiation Skills You Must Learn to Succeed
Increasingly, business negotiators recognize that the most effective bargainers are skilled at both creating value and claiming value—that is, they both collaborate and compete. The following 10 … Read This Post
Four Strategies for Making Concessions in Negotiation
Skilled negotiators know that making strategic concessions at the right time can be an effective tactic in a negotiation. In this article, Deepak Malhotra, a professor at … Read This Post
Negotiating a Salary When Compensation Is Public
Faced with the prospect of negotiating a salary with a new employer, job candidates often feel anxious, confused, and tentative. Historically, organizations have tended to keep information … Read Negotiating a Salary When Compensation Is Public
Negotiating a Non-Compete Agreement with Employers
In integrative negotiation, each side seeks to create and claim value with an eye towards the future of the negotiating relationship. One way of securing this relationship … Read This Post
How to Renegotiate a Bad Deal
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
Avoid Bad-Faith Negotiations
Worried about bad-faith negotiations? Here’s how to protect yourself and your organization from wasting time with disingenuous negotiating partners. … Read Avoid Bad-Faith Negotiations
What is BATNA? How to Find Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
Your BATNA, or the ability to identify a negotiator’s best alternative to a negotiated agreement, is among one of the many pieces of information negotiators seek when … Read This Post
Conflict Styles and Bargaining Styles
What type of bargainer are you? Many negotiation strategies are “one size fits all,” but our unique personalities and life experiences will shape how we carry out … Read Conflict Styles and Bargaining Styles
3-D Negotiation Strategy
Here are some negotiating skills and negotiation tactics from 3-D negotiation by James Sebenius and David Lax. … Read 3-D Negotiation Strategy
M&A Negotiation Strategy: How Iger and Lucas Launched Star Wars into a New Era
M&A negotiation strategy is often driven by a desire to win at any cost. By contrast, Disney’s 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm was methodical, cautious, and focused on … Read This Post
In Negotiation, Is Benevolent Deception Acceptable?
Do you behave as honestly as possible in your negotiations? Do you view honesty as a critical attribute in your negotiation counterparts? You probably answered these questions … Read This Post
Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation
It’s important to educate yourself about your counterpart’s culture so that you don’t risk offending her or seeming unprepared. At the same time, it would be a … Read Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation