Robin Rue Simmons

Negotiating to turn your dreams into reality

| | Negotiation Skills

They say it pays to dream big, but when our dreams depend on other people’s funding and approval, they can easily dissolve. Drawing on savvy negotiation skills, … Read Negotiating to turn your dreams into reality

Josh Weiss The Book of Real-World Negotiations

The Book of Real-World Negotiations: Successful Strategies from Government, Business, and Daily Life

| | Negotiation Training

From a life-and-death hostage situation to the Philippines peace process, Joshua Weiss gives us an insider look at the world’s most high-stakes deals to learn what works—and … Read This Post

Science Diplomacy

New Simulation on Science Diplomacy

| | Teaching Negotiation

Teach Your Students to Incorporate Scientific Findings into International Policy Decisions
Science diplomacy elevates the role of science and technology in addressing global challenges. While science diplomacy has … Read New Simulation on Science Diplomacy

conflict management styles

Negotiation and Conflict Management Styles

| | Conflict Resolution

In negotiation and conflict management, we bring our unique personalities and styles to the table. A reserved, cautious person is likely to bargain differently than someone who … Read Negotiation and Conflict Management Styles

Negotiation Journal

Prepare for the Semester: Negotiation Pedagogy Articles from the Negotiation Journal

| | Pedagogy at PON, Teaching Negotiation

Whether you are going to be teaching negotiation next semester for the first time, or are a seasoned negotiation instructor, insightful research in negotiation pedagogy can help … Read This Post

organizational leadership

Organizational Leadership and Troubled Deals

| | Leadership Skills

When a negotiation isn’t going well, strong leadership skills are often needed to get it back on track. Two recent news stories demonstrate that tenacious and inventive … Read Organizational Leadership and Troubled Deals

Ask a Negotiation Expert: Better Calibrate Your Confidence

| | Business Negotiations

Our decisions in negotiation depend greatly on our predictions about how the future will unfold. But, as has never been more apparent than in 2020, the future … Read This Post

Black Lives Matter

Stronger together: Achieving goals through negotiation and nonviolent action

| | Business Negotiations

Since 2013, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has been organizing nonviolent action to defund police forces and invest in Black communities. For years, many Americans—particular White … Read This Post

Wide World of Sports

Negotiation In The News: The NBA’s Roller-Coaster Disney Deal

| | Business Negotiations

As a model of how negotiators can make lemonade out of lemons amid the global pandemic, the agreement
between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball … Read This Post

Why diversity efforts fail—and how your organization can do better

| | Business Negotiations

The death of George Floyd beneath the knee of a White Minneapolis police officer provoked many Americans to protest police brutality and racial injustice for the first … Read This Post

advanced negotiation techniques

Advanced Negotiation Techniques: Online Dispute Resolution

| | Negotiation Skills

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, negotiators are increasingly making deals and resolving disputes online. But a trend toward online dispute resolution (ODR) was already in the making before … Read This Post

batna in negotiation

BATNA in Negotiation: A Key Source of Power

| | BATNA

In July 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed a roughly $5 billion fine on Facebook for mishandling its users’ personal data. It was the biggest … Read BATNA in Negotiation: A Key Source of Power