emotional leadership

Emotional Leadership Can Have a Silver Lining in Negotiation

| | Negotiation Skills

The negotiations that surrounded the 1962 Cuban missile crisis were some of the most tense and frightening in world history, and provide a high-profile example of emotional … Read This Post

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Closing the Deal in Negotiations: Should “Deal” Be a Dirty Word?

| | Dealmaking

When negotiators take a long-term approach to deal-making, the result is typically a win-win. Rather than simply trying to sign a contract on favorable terms, negotiators who … Read This Post

Consensus Building

Consensus Building on the Court?

| | Dealmaking

When making decisions, groups often hold a simple vote and allow the majority to get its way. But groups that instead work to reach decisions through consensus … Read Consensus Building on the Court?

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Digitally Enhanced Simulation Packages – With Live Data Analytics

| | Teaching Negotiation

In-depth Teaching Materials with Real Time Data Analytics Designed to Enhance Teaching Negotiation 
From the Teaching Negotiation Resource Center (TNRC) at PON, and iDecisionGames: digitally enhanced simulation packages … Read This Post

negotiation mistakes

Dear Negotiation Coach: Negotiation Mistakes in Choosing the Room

| | Negotiation Skills

In her book, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Riverhead Books, 2018),Thrive Labs founder Priya Parker, a professional facilitator with a background … Read This Post

gauging effectiveness teaching negotiation

What Are Our Students Actually Learning? Gauging Effectiveness in Teaching Negotiation

| | Pedagogy at PON, Teaching Negotiation

Ways of Gauging Effectiveness in Teaching Negotiation
Most instructors aspire to do more than simply teach students about negotiation. They want to teach students how to negotiate more … Read This Post

business skills

Business Skills: Make Concessions Strategically in Negotiation

| | Business Negotiations

Business negotiators generally understand that to get what they want from another party or parties, they will have to give something away. But what concessions should you … Read This Post

integrative negotiations

Negotiating Organizational Development

| | Teaching Negotiation

Teach Your Students to Promote Organizational Development and Build Leadership Skills
Efforts to impact change in any kind of organization usually involve multiple kinds of negotiations or consensus-building … Read Negotiating Organizational Development

offer negotiation

Coping with Conflicts of Interest in an Offer Negotiation

| | Business Negotiations

This famous offer negotiation illustrates how negotiators and other decision makers sometimes have the difficult task of remaining impartial when facing a conflict of interest. The actions … Read This Post

Pearl River

New Simulation on Negotiating the Future of Dams

| | Teaching Negotiation

Pearl River is a seven party, facilitated, multi-issue negotiation over the management of dams in a coastal basin. 
Pearl River is a facilitated, multi-issue negotiation simulation for eight … Read New Simulation on Negotiating the Future of Dams

deal structuring and negotiating

Dear Negotiation Coach: How Can I Use Deal Structuring and Negotiating to Resolve an Impasse?

| | Dealmaking

When two sides seem far apart on a contract dispute, careful and creative deal structuring and negotiating can often result in a winning agreement for both sides. … Read This Post

salary expectations

Salary Expectations: Calibrating Pay During a Labor Shortage

| | Salary Negotiations

Employers may strive to set and negotiate salaries in a fair manner, but numerous factors can affect employees’ salary expectations and lead employees to believe they are … Read This Post