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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

Jeswald Salacuse: A Great Scholar, Leader, and Negotiator

| | Leadership Skills

Jeswald Salacuse, a Tufts University professor and pivotal member of the Program on Negotiation, made rich and lasting contributions to the fields of negotiation, leadership, and beyond … Read This Post

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Check Out the International Investor-State Arbitration Video Course

| | Teaching Negotiation

Master Class on International Investor-State Arbitration: What is it? How Does it Work?
This two-hour video course is intended to teach students, legal practitioners, business executives, and government … Read This Post

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Negotiation Tips: Listening Skills for Dealing with Difficult People

| | Dealing with Difficult People

We love giving out negotiation tips. A negotiation daily reader once asked us, “All the negotiation advice I read says that I should listen and ask questions … Read This Post

Hard Bargaining in Negotiation

| | International Negotiation

Hard bargaining in negotiation is often touted as the best way to get what you want when all else fails. But as recent news stories illustrate, hard … Read Hard Bargaining in Negotiation

Selling the Deal to Outsiders

| | Business Negotiations

Business negotiations require intensity and focus. Unfortunately, the level of focus required to work through complex issues with our counterparts across the table often leads us to … Read Selling the Deal to Outsiders

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Creative Deal Structuring: Negotiating Conditions

| | Leadership Skills

Creative deal structuring can transform an unappealing offer into one you’re happy to accept. Here’s how to negotiate deal conditions that will help get you more of … Read Creative Deal Structuring: Negotiating Conditions

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Power and Negotiation: Advice on First Offers

| | BATNA

Should you make the first offer in negotiation? It’s a perennial question, one that has attracted considerable debate. In a 2023 study published in the Negotiation Journal, … Read Power and Negotiation: Advice on First Offers

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Dear Negotiation Coach: How Should I Handle an Early Offer Negotiation?

| | Dealmaking

In a hot real estate market, sellers may find themselves determining the best way to engage in an early offer negotiation. We asked Leslie John, the Marvin … Read This Post