What are the essential ingredients to getting ahead in the workplace? Hard work, communication skills, and a generous dose of luck all play a role, of course. Another key ingredient—one that is often overlooked—is the ability to recognize and capitalize on opportunities to negotiate for your career success. Why is negotiation in business important? Because … Read More 
Learn how to negotiate like a diplomat, think on your feet like an improv performer, and master job offer negotiation like a professional athlete when you download a copy of our FREE special report, Negotiation Skills: Negotiation Strategies and Negotiation Techniques to Help You Become a Better Negotiator, from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
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Make the Most of Your Salary Negotiations
Posted by Katie Shonk & filed under Salary Negotiations.
What salary negotiation skills can you use if a potential employer asks you about your past salary? If you earned a competitive wage, your concern may be whether the new employer can afford you.
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Using Your BATNA: Bruce Patton and William Ury Discuss the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
A standoff between Democrat President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans in 2012 focused attention on the negotiation styles employed by the two parties as they sought to secure their interests while also working toward the resolution of a budgetary battle.
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In Business Negotiations for Super Bowl I Tape, NFL Stops the Clock
Posted by Katie Shonk & filed under Business Negotiations.
The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10 in Super Bowl I. But that’s not the end of the story. In business negotiations, and particularly sales negotiation, enthusiasm is required when trying to convince our counterparts that we have what they need. But that enthusiasm isn’t always infectious. The tale of … Read More 
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- AI and Negotiation
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- Effective Negotiation Preparation for an Uncertain World
- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2026 Program Guide
Teaching Negotiation Resource Center
Preparing for Negotiation
Understanding how to arrange the meeting space is a key aspect of preparing for negotiation. In this video, Professor Guhan Subramanian discusses a real world example of how seating arrangements can influence a negotiator’s success. This discussion was held at the 3 day executive education workshop for senior executives at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
Guhan Subramanian is the Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School.
Articles & Insights

BATNA

Business Negotiations

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Examples: Restorative Justice
- Negotiation Case Studies: Google’s Approach to Dispute Resolution
- What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
- Four Conflict Negotiation Strategies for Resolving Value-Based Disputes
- Dear Negotiation Coach: Determining the Right Compensation Offer After a Disaster

International Negotiation
- In Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Improve Your Awareness
- Government Negotiations: The Brittney Griner Case
- Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations
- Tough Negotiator: Insights on Vladimir Putin from Former U.S. Secretaries of State

Leadership Skills

Mediation
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Arbitration vs Mediation: The Definition of Mediation as a Problem Solving Process
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Using E-Mediation and Online Mediation Techniques for Conflict Resolution
- What Makes a Good Mediator?

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- New Simulation: Teaching Multi‑Party Negotiation on Energy, Environment, and Community Impacts
- Camp Lemonnier: Negotiating a Lease Agreement for a Key Military Base in Africa
- When Deceptive Tactics in Negotiation Arise from “Paranoid Pessimism
- Planning for Cyber Defense of Critical Urban Infrastructure
- High Stakes Negotiations in the Healthcare Industry

Win-Win Negotiations
Negotiation and Leadership
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Spring 2026
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NEGOTIATION MASTER CLASS
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December 2026 - Register Online:
December 2026 - Learn More about Harvard Negotiation Master Class
Negotiation Essentials Online
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September 2026 - Register Online:
September 2026 - Learn More about Negotiation Essentials Online
Beyond the Back Table: Working with People and Organizations to Get to Yes
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Select Your Free Special Report
- Managing Complex Negotiations Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation and Leadership Fall 2026 Program Guide
- AI and Negotiation
- Managing Complex Negotiations March and June 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) March and May 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Spring 2026 Program Guide
- Effective Negotiation Preparation for an Uncertain World
- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials In-House Program Guide
Teaching Negotiation Resource Center
Preparing for Negotiation
Understanding how to arrange the meeting space is a key aspect of preparing for negotiation. In this video, Professor Guhan Subramanian discusses a real world example of how seating arrangements can influence a negotiator’s success. This discussion was held at the 3 day executive education workshop for senior executives at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
Guhan Subramanian is the Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School.
Articles & Insights

BATNA

Business Negotiations

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Examples: Restorative Justice
- Negotiation Case Studies: Google’s Approach to Dispute Resolution
- What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
- Four Conflict Negotiation Strategies for Resolving Value-Based Disputes
- Dear Negotiation Coach: Determining the Right Compensation Offer After a Disaster

International Negotiation
- In Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Improve Your Awareness
- Government Negotiations: The Brittney Griner Case
- Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations
- Tough Negotiator: Insights on Vladimir Putin from Former U.S. Secretaries of State

Leadership Skills

Mediation
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Arbitration vs Mediation: The Definition of Mediation as a Problem Solving Process
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Using E-Mediation and Online Mediation Techniques for Conflict Resolution
- What Makes a Good Mediator?

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- New Simulation: Teaching Multi‑Party Negotiation on Energy, Environment, and Community Impacts
- Camp Lemonnier: Negotiating a Lease Agreement for a Key Military Base in Africa
- When Deceptive Tactics in Negotiation Arise from “Paranoid Pessimism
- Planning for Cyber Defense of Critical Urban Infrastructure
- High Stakes Negotiations in the Healthcare Industry

Win-Win Negotiations




