Barack and Michelle Obama

Creative Negotiation Moves: When a Couple’s Deals Became One

| | Dealmaking

Creative negotiation involves thinking outside the box—seeing the broader possibilities available beyond conventional practice. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that industry outsiders often are best positioned to … Read This Post

salary expectations

Should Salary Expectations Be a Laughing Matter?

| | Business Negotiations

In salary negotiations, job candidates are often at a disadvantage relative to the hiring organization. Due to the well-documented anchoring effect, the first figure introduced into the … Read Should Salary Expectations Be a Laughing Matter?

Negotiation mistakes

Negotiation Mistakes: Apple TV’s Botched Expansion Deals

| | Business Negotiations

Apple isn’t used to making negotiation mistakes. The company has often found success by charging headfirst into unfamiliar industries, from book publishing to music to mobile phones, … Read This Post

a little power is a dangerous thing

When a Little Power is a Dangerous Thing

| | Salary Negotiations

In 1975, Leigh Steinberg launched his career as a sports agent by proving that even a little power can be a dangerous thing. He faced what appeared … Read When a Little Power is a Dangerous Thing

negotiation mistakes

Negotiation Mistakes: When Fear of Impasse Leads to Bad Deals

| | BATNA

Experienced negotiators understand that they should reject any deal on the table that is inferior to their best alternative to a negotiated agreement, or BATNA. At an … Read This Post

online dispute resolution

Using Online Dispute Resolution and E-Mediation to Resolve Workplace Conflict

| | Conflict Resolution

When their employees get into disagreements with one another, managers have various ways of coping. For example, they can try to mediate the dispute themselves; they can … Read This Post

negotiauction

In Negotiauctions, Try a Game-Changing Move

| | Dealmaking

Often in business negotiations, we must compete not only with a counterpart across the table but also with others fighting for the same deal. A procurement officer … Read In Negotiauctions, Try a Game-Changing Move

anchoring bias

How to Make the Anchoring Bias Work in Your Favor

| | Negotiation Skills

Because of the anchoring bias, opening offers have a strong effect on negotiation. The first offer made in a negotiation serves as an anchor that influences the … Read How to Make the Anchoring Bias Work in Your Favor

women in leadership

3 Ways to Ensure Women in Leadership Are Heard In Group Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

When President Barack Obama first took office, in 2008, one-third of the women in leadership positions in his office were women. Two-thirds of these positions were filled … Read This Post

joint gain

The Benefits of Finding Joint Gain with Counterparts

| | Conflict Resolution

SeaWorld and the Humane Society partner on orca stewardship, showing that a joint gain is possible between counterparts. … Read This Post

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On Social Media, Business Negotiators Should Post with Caution

| | Business Negotiations

When it comes to getting what they want, some business negotiators take it to the social media streets.

Back in May of 2015, actor Harry Shearer, the voice … Read This Post

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Successful Team Building Strategies Can Help Pull Off Big Negotiations

| | Negotiation Skills

Sometimes our negotiations to achieve a desired dream take months. Sometimes they take years. The dream of building a museum of African American history on Washington, D.C.’s, … Read This Post