Learn the Cutting-Edge Negotiation Tactics You Need to Succeed at Negotiation and Leadership
Dear Business Colleague,
Jessica’s story says a lot about how to become a more effective negotiator. Here’s how she tells it.
Life is a negotiation. As an advertising sales director, I’m constantly negotiating with clients, vendors, and sometimes, even my own staff! From agency fees to vacation days – it seems like everything is up for negotiation.
When I’m not working, I still seem to find myself in negotiation mode. I search around to get the very best deal – whether it’s on a new hardwood floor or apples at the farmer’s market.
More often than not, I tend to get what I want. But I know I could do better… and I’m sure that I’m leaving value on the table. Because there’s not really an opportunity to improve my negotiation skills at work, last year I started looking for other ways to take my skills to the next level.
Knowing that I wanted to advance my skills (and my career) my colleague told me about an intensive negotiation program offered by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, called Negotiation and Leadership.
After reading through the Negotiation and Leadership brochure, my mind was made up: This was the program for me. After all, it offered me the opportunity to acquire all the negotiation techniques, tools, and frameworks I needed to gain a critical competitive edge. Three months later, I found myself in Cambridge at the Negotiation and Leadership program.
I can honestly say I’ve never been surrounded by a more motivated, more intelligent group of business professionals. Not only had some participants flown in from all over the country, many had come from far corners of the globe to take part in the unique program.
Surrounded by this impressive group of peers, I was challenged to think critically about how I handle negotiation…and I can’t say enough about the faculty. Considered some of the world’s greatest negotiation experts, they’ve negotiated peace treaties, brokered multi-billion dollar deals, and handled complex, multi-faceted negotiations – all without breaking a sweat.
During the small group sessions and interactive exercises, I put their lessons into practice.
Specifically, I learned how to:
– Regain control of a negotiation
– Neutralize threats, lies, and insults
– Shape important deals
– Negotiate in uncertain environments
– Improve working relationships
– Claim (and create more value)
– Resolve seemingly intractable disputes
I had also signed up for an intensive, one-day session that followed the three-day course. That extra day was truly the cherry on top of an unforgettable experience. Drawing on the latest research, the professor gave us critical insights into conflict resolution – knowledge I would have never gained if I hadn’t attended the session.
I returned to my advertising role with a newfound zeal for negotiation…and it showed. I was able to create more value, ease tensions around the office, and shine in client and vendor negotiations. I even negotiated a fee increase with a notoriously tight-fisted client!
While I was tempted to keep the key to my success a secret, I told anyone who asked (and even some who hadn’t) that I’d attended Negotiation and Leadership. I even forwarded them the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide.
Having seen the results I’ve received firsthand, three of my colleagues are attending Negotiation and Leadership this spring. I’m thrilled for them, and I only wish I could go again!
At the Program on Negotiation, we hear success stories like Jessica’s time and again. With the right negotiation training, anything is possible.
At Negotiation and Leadership, you’ll broaden your understanding of negotiating concepts, acquire proven techniques, and then put your learning into practice.
By the end of this intensive, three-day seminar, you’ll emerge with the ability to:
– Lead even the most complex negotiations
– Apply effective problem-solving techniques
– Deal with difficult people
The first step to becoming a better negotiator? Download the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide.
This quick-reading brochure features:
– A detailed curriculum of negotiation study
– Summaries of each in-depth, one-day session
– Testimonials from executives who have attended Negotiation and Leadership
– A list of the faculty members, which includes negotiation experts from Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and MIT
– Negotiation and Leadership dates, fees, and venue information
The Top Five Reasons to Attend Negotiation and Leadership
In the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide, you’ll learn the top five reasons to attend this seminar:
1. Lead at the bargaining table
At the Program on Negotiation, we focus on techniques that work in the corner office and at the bargaining table. The result is that you will become a more effective negotiator and leader.
2. Achieve better outcomes
The strategies you learn over this three-day program will help you shape important deals, negotiate in uncertain environments, and improve working relationships.
3. Learn from the best.
Our faculty members have negotiated peace treaties, brokered multi-billion dollar deals, and hammered out high-stakes agreements around the globe. With their guidance, you will become a more successful negotiator.
4. Practice with confidence
It’s not enough to listen to a lecture – our program includes opportunities to work through negotiation scenarios alongside a diverse group of executives from all over the world
5. Take a deeper dive
Whether you want to figure out how to win at win-win negotiation or better understand international negotiations, extend your learning with one of our in-depth, one-day sessions.
Negotiation and Leadership is a game-changing experience. But don’t take our word for it…
Within the pages of the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide, you’ll hear from your fellow business professionals who have all attended Negotiation and Leadership
Like David Franke, Associate Director of Communispace, who says:
This program provided a great balance of theory and applied practice, opening my eyes to new (and more effective) ways of seeing and engaging the world and people in it.
Or, Madina McDonald, Senior Program Manager, EMC who says:
This program is pivotal in understanding the necessary tools for effective human resource negotiations. I highly recommend it to managers of teams and anyone working in a highly matrixed environment.
Get a session-by-session look at Negotiation and Leadership
With a description of every day of Negotiation and Leadership, you’ll learn how to build successful relationships. By taking part in negotiation simulations, you’ll gain a better understanding of relationship building and decision-making strategies such as:
– Determining when to cooperate to create value and when to compete to claim your share
– Recognizing the structure and social context of the game
– Understanding your own biases and tendencies
– Proactively changing the game by how we play
– Avoiding common pitfalls and errors
– Achieving negotiation success
What difference can an extra day make?
Download the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide for everything you need to know about our in-depth, one-day session following the three-day Negotiation and Leadership program:
April 10, 2025
Practical Lessons from Great Negotiators
James K. Sebenius
May 15, 2025
Negotiating When Parties Have Diverse, Deeply Held Convictions
Julia A. Minson
June 12, 2025
Unlocking Value in Complex Business Deals
Guhan Subramanian
Don’t wait – Download the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide Right Now
If you’re even the slightest bit curious about how Negotiation and Leadership can make a positive impact on your career, download this free copy of the Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide.
The curriculum, the format, the strategies, and simply everything you need to know about attending Negotiation and Leadership can be found in this free brochure.
Our spring session of Negotiation and Leadership is filling up fast, so find out more today by downloading your Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide. You’ll be glad you did.
Cheers,
Gail Odeneal
Director of Marketing
Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
P.S. Companies like Apple, Pfizer, Verizon Wireless, and Wells Fargo have all sent top executives and emerging leaders to Negotiation and Leadership. Learn more about this premier seminar by downloading your Spring 2025 Negotiation and Leadership Program Guide.