When Negotiations is a Love Song

After country-music negotiating protocols offended an aspiring songwriter, she went into the kitchen and changed the rules.

By on

Article Excerpt

On Valentine’s Day, 1945, Matilda Genevieve Scaduto, the 20-year- old granddaughter of Sicilian immigrants, was working the elevator at a Milwaukee hotel when she met a traveling violinist named Boudleaux Bryant. He started calling her Felice, saying it suited her better than Matilda because she was happy all the time, according to American Songwriter magazine. … Read When Negotiations is a Love Song

You have reached a subscribers-only page for accessing the archive of Negotiation Briefings. A username and password are required. Not yet a subscriber? Wait till you see all that you’ve been missing. Why not start your subscription to Negotiation Briefings right now!

Tags:

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

IN THIS ISSUE
WHAT’S NEW

Don’t miss our three-day course, Negotiation and Leadership, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visit www.executive.pon.harvard.edu to find out more.

Download the Negotiation Briefings Special Report “Negotiation Training: How Harvard Negotiation Exercises, Negotiation Cases, and Good Negotiation Coaching Can Make You a Better Negotiator” by visiting www.pon.harvard.edu/free-reports.