The Program on Negotiation offers a number of courses taught by leading Harvard faculty and experts in the field of negotiation, mediation, and conflict management. The offerings range from one day and five day workshops to semester length courses. Participants come from around the world from both the profit and non-profit sectors as well as from a variety of professions, including business, diplomacy, law and education.
LIMITED TIME COMBO OFFER — SAVE $1,500:
Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO)
May 20–21, 2026 (Online)
Instructor: Florrie Darwin
PLUS
Managing Complex Negotiations: Strategies for Success
June 24–25, 2026 (Online)
Instructor: Brian Mandell
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Accelerate your negotiation expertise by taking advantage of our special combo offer. Save $1,500 when you register for Negotiation Essentials Online and Managing Complex Negotiations: Strategies for Success.
Through negotiation exercises … Learn More About This Program 
NEW ONLINE PROGRAM!
MANAGING COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS:
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
June 24–25, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
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Navigating complex negotiations requires you to manage multiple parties with diverse objectives while continuously solving problems and adapting to new developments. To equip you with the skills to handle these more challenging situations, the experts at the Program on … Learn More About This Program
NEGOTIATION ESSENTIALS ONLINE (NEO)
May 20–21, 2026
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Empower yourself with proven negotiation skills, techniques, and strategies in Negotiation Essentials Online. This course features lessons distilled from PON’s flagship in-person program, Negotiation and Leadership.
Prepare yourself to negotiate, manage your emotions, create and claim value, and deal with difficult conversations through real-world case studies, simulations—with dynamic video-based lessons … Learn More About This Program
NEGOTIATION ESSENTIALS ONLINE
March 3–4, 2026
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Empower yourself with proven negotiation skills, techniques, and strategies in Negotiation Essentials Online. This course features lessons distilled from PON’s flagship in-person program, Negotiation and Leadership.
Prepare yourself to negotiate, manage your emotions, create and claim value, and deal with difficult conversations through real-world case studies, simulations—with dynamic video-based lessons from … Learn More About This Program
NEW ONLINE PROGRAM!
MANAGING COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS:
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
March 17–18, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
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Navigating complex negotiations requires you to manage multiple parties with diverse objectives while continuously solving problems and adapting to new developments. To equip you with the skills to handle these more challenging situations, the experts at the Program on … Learn More About This Program
LIMITED TIME COMBO OFFER — SAVE $1,500:
Negotiation Essentials Online
March 3–4, 2026 (Online)
Instructor: Florrie Darwin
PLUS
Managing Complex Negotiations: Strategies for Success
March 17–18, 2026 (Online)
Instructor: Florrie Darwin
Register Now!
Accelerate your negotiation expertise by taking advantage of our special combo offer. Save $1,500 when you register for Negotiation Essentials Online and Managing Complex Negotiations: Strategies for Success.
Through negotiation exercises and … Learn More About This Program
The program’s intimate format fosters deep engagement with faculty, meaningful connections with accomplished peers, and memorable after-hours events. Participation is strictly limited to 42 experienced professionals who have completed prior negotiation training. … Learn More About This Program
In-Person Program
Course Dates: April 27–30, 2026
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This advanced course is designed for experienced mediators seeking to deepen their skills, refine their strategies, and confidently navigate complex, high-stakes disputes. Through a blend of theory, practice, and case-based learning, participants will learn how to mediate power imbalances, implement impasse breaking techniques, structure the mediation process to … Read Harvard Advanced Mediation Intensive
SEMESTER NEGOTIATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION – ONLINE
Course Dates: Wednesdays, beginning February 25, 2026 and ending on May 20, 2026 from 6 to 8 p.m. ET (There is no class on 4/22)
Faculty: Toby Berkman and Betsy Fierman
Enrollment: Register Now-Spring 2026!
Learning Objectives
In this highly interactive, semester-length online course, you’ll explore the theory and practice of negotiation and … Learn More About This Program
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems
THREE-DAY PROGRAM | June 8-10, 2026
At Negotiation and Leadership, you will test your beliefs and assumptions, overcome emotional and rational biases, examine complex negotiation scenarios, and discover a range of competitive and cooperative negotiation strategies. In this acclaimed program, we compress 40 years of groundbreaking research into … Learn More About This Program
