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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

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Lessons from M&A Negotiation Strategy: Should You Hire an Agent?

| | Business Negotiations

No matter the size of your deal, there’s a lot that business negotiators can learn from the high-flying world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In particular, a … Read This Post

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Dear Negotiation Coach: Do Leading Negotiation Experts Practice What they Preach?

| | Leadership Skills

When negotiation experts gather in the same room, how do they negotiate? Program on Negotiation chair Guhan Subramanian gives us the inside scoop. … Read This Post

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Teach Your Students to Take Their Mediation Skills to the Next Level

| | Teaching Negotiation

Mediation is a critical conflict resolution skill for students in a variety of fields: business, international relations, law, and public policy, to name a few. Once students … Read This Post

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BATNAs: Beyond the Basics

| | BATNA

Knowledge of your BATNA, or best alternative to a negotiated agreement, can help you avoid accepting a subpar deal—but it’s important to tailor the concept to your … Read BATNAs: Beyond the Basics

Negotiation Journal

Negotiation Journal Now Open Access, New Issue Just Released!

| | Teaching Negotiation

The Negotiation Journal – a multidisciplinary publication focused on negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution – celebrates 40 years, joins MIT Press, and is now fully open access.
The … Read This Post

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How Collaborative Leadership Helped Former Competitors Profit

| | Leadership Skills

Collaborative leadership offers competitors opportunities to create value through negotiation, but it must be pursued with an awareness of potential pitfalls, a case study of the California … Read This Post

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What Leads to Renegotiation?

| | Dealmaking

Renegotiation is generally triggered for one of two reasons: an imperfect contract or changed circumstances. The goal of any written contract is to express the parties’ full … Read What Leads to Renegotiation?

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Does Your Negotiation Process Need Improvement?

| | Dealmaking

An inefficient negotiation process wastes time and money. To create a negotiation process that eliminates headaches and leads to win-win deals, take a page from the NFL’s … Read Does Your Negotiation Process Need Improvement?

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Conflicts of Interest: How to Avoid and Manage Them

| | Conflict Resolution

Conflicts of interest often arise when we hire agents to negotiate on our behalf. A dispute between TV writers and their agents highlights such competing motives and … Read This Post

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Salary Negotiation: How to Ask for a Higher Salary

| | Salary Negotiations

For a new employee, salary negotiation skills can be the most important and the most intimidating, but the most important, of difficult conversations to have at the … Read This Post

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New Great Negotiator Case and Video: Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary

| | Teaching Negotiation

The Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School periodically presents the Great Negotiator Award to an individual whose lifetime achievements in the field of negotiation and … Read This Post