Everything good comes in threes, they say. For storytellers, this means understanding that readers and listeners find a sequence of three things to be memorable, satisfying, and compelling—whether it’s three bears, three little pigs, or three kings. For professional negotiators, sequences of three can be rewarding as well. The following examples of good negotiation skills … Read More 
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Managing a Multiparty Negotiation
Multiparty negotiations can be incredibly challenging. Just ask the negotiators from over 170 countries who managed to reach agreement on October 15 on a legally binding accord to combat climate change.
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Will You Avoid a Negotiation Impasse?
In the summer of 2016, Illinois became the only U.S. state in the past 80 years to go an entire year without a full operating budget, according to Reuters. It reached that dubious milestone thanks to an epic negotiation impasse between Republican governor Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-controlled state legislature. The story of the negotiation … Read More
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Distributive Bargaining Strategies
Wise negotiators recognize the value of both collaborating and competing at the bargaining table. They look for ways to increase the pie of value for all parties, often by identifying differences across issues and making tradeoffs. And they also rely on distributive bargaining strategies to try to claim as much of that larger pie for … Read More
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Using Principled Negotiation to Resolve Disagreements
Parties can often reach a better agreement through integrative negotiation—that is, by identifying interests where they have different preferences and making tradeoffs among them. If you care more about what movie you see tonight, but your friend cares more about where you have dinner, for example, you can each get your preference on the issue … Read More
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Understanding Different Negotiation Styles
In the business world, some negotiators always seem to get what they want, while others more often tend to come up short. What might make some people better negotiators than others? The answer may be in part that people bring different negotiation styles and strategies to the bargaining table, based on their different personalities, experiences, … Read More
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Business Negotiations: How to Improve Your Reputation at the Bargaining Table
In multi-issue business negotiations, research suggests that the advantage goes to negotiators with a reputation for collaboration rather than competition. In a series of studies by Catherine H. Tinsley and Kathleen O’Connor, participants were told they would be negotiating with someone who had either a tough reputation, a cooperative reputation, or an unknown reputation. Although … Read More
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Top 10 Negotiation Skills You Must Learn to Succeed
Increasingly, business negotiators recognize that the most effective bargainers are skilled at both creating value and claiming value—that is, they both collaborate and compete. The following 10 negotiation skills will help you succeed at integrative negotiation.
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Top 10 Notable Negotiations
In 2017, all eyes were on Washington as a president with a reputation as a dealmaker entered the White House. The following negotiations from the past year, both inside and outside of politics, caught our eye due to the broader lessons they offer business negotiators.
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Notable Negotiations of 2017
Our notable negotiations of 2017 includes hits and misses from entertainment, sports, business, and especially politics, due to a new rough-and-tumble era in Washington.
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Learning from the Failed Negotiations to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
“It’s going to be so easy,” Donald Trump said this past October, referring to his plan to immediately repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if elected president. But, once in office, President Trump found healthcare reform to be much more difficult than he’d expected.
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How Professional Negotiators Can Avoid Public Controversy
In negotiation, we sometimes become so focused on what we’re trying to achieve at the bargaining table that we fail to adequately account for how the deal could look to observers. As two recent deals that the U.S. government reached with Iran show, it’s important for professional negotiators to consider the optics.
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For Better Communication, Try Appreciation
Many professional negotiators have come away from talks wondering, How did that pleasant discussion turn sour? Why did the deal unravel at the last minute?
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Drinks at the White House? Clinton Plans on It
The practice of using alcohol to grease the wheels has a long and storied role in famous negotiations. In recent decades, shared drinks during adversarial bargaining helped lead to breakthroughs in conflicts in Serbia and Northern Ireland, for example.
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- Advice for Bargaining Abroad: Tips on How To Overcome Cultural Barriers
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- Conflict Resolution
- When Family Business Disputes Require Conflict Resolution
- Cognitive Biases in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Common Negotiation Mistakes
- Conflict-Solving Strategies: The Value of Taking a Break
- Mediation and the Conflict Resolution Process
- Integrative Negotiations: Dispute Resolution Through Joint Fact-Finding
- Crisis Negotiations
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- In This Greece Crisis Negotiation, Tough Conditions May Have Affected the Deal
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Handling Difficult People: The Antisocial Negotiator
- Dealing with Difficult People and Negotiation: When Should You Give Up the Fight?
- Trust and Honesty in Negotiations: Dealing with Dishonest Negotiators
- How to Deal with Difficult Customers
- Examples of Difficult Situations at Work: Consensus and Negotiated Agreements
- Dealmaking
- Business Negotiation Skills: How to Enhance Your Negotiated Agreement
- In Employment Contract Negotiation, “No Haggling” Isn’t the Answer
- Six Strategies for Creating Value at the Negotiation Table
- Lessons for Business Negotiators: Negotiation Techniques from International Diplomacy
- Using Integrative Negotiation Techniques to Close the Deal
- Dispute Resolution
- What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
- In Contract Negotiations, Agree on How You’ll Disagree
- Difficult Situations at Work – Negotiation Skills for Dealing with Difficult People
- 15 Things You Need to Know About Environmental Dispute Resolution
- Four Conflict Negotiation Strategies for Resolving Value-Based Disputes
- International Negotiation
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations
- A Crisis Negotiations Case Study: Chen Guangcheng, the United States, China, and Diplomatic Negotiations
- The Negotiation Process in China
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Negotiation
- Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation
- Leadership Skills
- Mediation
- Using E-Mediation and Online Mediation Techniques for Conflict Resolution
- Negotiations and Logrolling: Discover Opportunities to Generate Mutual Gains
- Communicate Your Interests Behind the Deal
- How Mediation Works When Both Parties Agree They Need Help Resolving the Dispute
- Mediation Checklist: What to Know When Hiring Mediators
- Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Ethics: Dealing with Deception at the Bargaining Table
- Negotiation Skills: Building Trust in Negotiations
- When a Job Offer is “Nonnegotiable”
- Negotiation Skills Training: Define Your Negotiation Style
- How to Create Value at the Negotiation Table: Strategies for Creating Win-Win Negotiations
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- How to Introduce Interest-Based Negotiation to High School Students
- How Negotiation Role-Play Simulations Can Help You Resolve Environmental Disputes
- Teach Your Students to Negotiate the Technology Industry
- Digitally Enhanced Simulation Packages – NEW from the TNRC
- Best-In-Class Negotiation Case Studies
- Win-Win Negotiations