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Undecided on Your Dispute Resolution Process? Combine Mediation and Arbitration, Known as Med-Arb

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The choice: arbitration vs. mediation. You’re not sure which of two common dispute resolution processes, mediation or arbitration, to use to resolve your conflict. Mediation is appealing … Read This Post

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Contract Negotiation Skills: Setting Yourself Up for Success

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Our contract negotiation skills need to go beyond getting a great deal in the short term. As failed partnership on Covid-19 vaccine production illustrates, strong safeguards and … Read This Post

How to Negotiate Pay in an Interview

| | Salary Negotiations

Unsure about how to negotiate pay in an interview, job seekers often simply take the offer on the table. But a little encouragement can go a long … Read How to Negotiate Pay in an Interview

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Leadership Styles: Uncovering Bias and Generating Mutual Gains

| | Leadership Skills

The persistence of the so-called “glass ceiling” and salary gap between men and women is often chalked up to the fact that men historically have been more … Read This Post

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The Star Wars Negotiations and Trust at the Negotiation Table

| | Business Negotiations

What is negotiation in business? Negotiation research has identified it as a process of building trust and negotiation tactics for building trust at the bargaining table have … Read This Post

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Learning from BATNA Examples in Negotiation

| | BATNA

How should you decide whether to accept or reject your counterpart’s final offer in negotiation? In their influential book, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, … Read Learning from BATNA Examples in Negotiation

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Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?

| | Dispute Resolution

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

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Mandated Mediation: What to Expect

| | Mediation

Business contracts, as well as the courts, often compel parties to a dispute to engage in mandated mediation. What is mandated mediation, and what can you expect … Read Mandated Mediation: What to Expect

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Are You Ready to Negotiate?

| | Negotiation Skills

“Winging it” is a fine approach to life’s minor decisions, but when you negotiate, it can be disastrous. Follow these three preparation steps and improve your agreements. … Read Are You Ready to Negotiate?

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How to Negotiate a Pay Raise or Starting Salary Using AI

| | Salary Negotiations

Wondering how to negotiate a pay raise or your starting salary using AI? It’s important to both fine-tune and broaden your research—and prepare for AI across the … Read This Post

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Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation

| | International 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

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Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations

| | Mediation

We generally think of mediation as a dispute-resolution device. Federal mediators intervene when collective bargaining breaks down. Diplomats are sometimes called in to mediate conflicts between nations. … Read This Post