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Celebrate our past, present, and future on Saturday, December 9th at two very special events for the Program on Negotiation 40th Anniversary
What began in 1983 as a small … Read This Post
6 Bargaining Tips and BATNA Essentials
The best bargaining tips taught by the experts should offer ways to enhance your bargaining power in negotiation. To do this, you must cultivate a strong BATNA, … Read 6 Bargaining Tips and BATNA Essentials
Team Negotiation: Tackle Common Pitfalls
When a team negotiates on behalf of an organization, it can often achieve more than an individual would, thanks to team members’ cumulative knowledge and experience. Yet … Read Team Negotiation: Tackle Common Pitfalls
How to Control Your Emotions in Conflict Resolution
To guard against acting irrationally or in ways that can harm you, authors of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions As You Negotiate Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro advise … Read This Post
Dispute Resolution: Building Momentum through Small Wins
Sometimes disputes are left to fester for years, even decades, until parties decide there is something to be gained from reaching agreement. In 2015, the nations of … Read This Post
Taking the Plunge: How a Controversial Business Partnership Agreement was Born
“A huge mistake.” “A shot in the dark.” “An audacious move.” Those are just a few of the media’s characterizations of the business partnership agreement between wireless … Read This Post
In Real-Life Conflict Scenarios, Promote Constructive Dissent
Real-life conflict scenarios can keep groups from being effective. But at a press conference on March 6, Trump suggested that any conflict within the White House has … Read This Post
The Deal-Making Process: Playing the Long Game
Do you have regrets about the deals that got away? If so, you might be newly motivated by the deal-making process of famed Hollywood movie and television … Read The Deal-Making Process: Playing the Long Game
Simple Conflict Management Tools Keep Order in the Senate
On January 19, 2018, the government was on the brink of a shutdown due to the Senate’s inability to agree on a spending bill. About 17 centrist … Read This Post
Emotions in Negotiation—Insincere and Real
When preparing for negotiation, we often overlook the role that our emotions and our counterpart’s emotions might play in the process. Two studies offer insights into aspects … Read Emotions in Negotiation—Insincere and Real
Negotiation Research: To Curb Deceptive Tactics in Negotiation, Confront “Paranoid Pessimism”
Business negotiators often worry about deceptive tactics in negotiation, and understandably so. The potential for being lied to or swindled can be high in negotiation, given that … Read This Post
Choose Your Negotiation Agent With Care
A good negotiation agent can be hard to find. Three New York art dealers and a Russian billionaire learned that lesson the hard way in negotiations over … Read Choose Your Negotiation Agent With Care