Back in spring 2015, Ellen Pao, the former CEO of social networking and news website Reddit, revealed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that her company had taken a bold move in its efforts to create an “equal opportunity environment for everyone” at the company. Specifically, Reddit no longer negotiates salary with job … Read More 
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How to Negotiate a Business Deal
In late 2016 and early 2017, news stories abounded of companies that were having second thoughts about planned mega-mergers. Abbott Laboratories began looking for ways to exit its acquisition of Alere, citing investigations of the medical test maker, for example. And Verizon started rethinking its acquisition of Yahoo! following a data breach at the tech … Read More
Business Contract Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
When negotiating a business contract, parties are often so focused on reaching agreement that they don’t think enough about how the deal will unfold after the ink has dried. This type of short-term thinking leads to real problems down the road. The following three business negotiation tips can help you adopt a long-term perspective the … Read More
How to Write a Contract that Lasts
Joint ventures, strategic alliances, purchasing agreements, and other types of partnerships between organizations often begin with a great deal of promise—and a hefty amount of risk. Serious misunderstandings and opportunistic behavior are relatively common in such relationships. Formal contracts offer a method for reducing such risk, but negotiators and their attorneys are often unsure about … Read More
Dealmaking and the Trade Deal: Obama’s Uphill Battle with Congress
Sometimes in dealmaking, reaching agreement would require us to make compromises that we know will displease those who need to authorize the deal, such as our superiors back at the office. Fail to compromise, and impasse may be inevitable. Compromise and save the deal, and accept the difficulty of closing the deal in negotiations with … Read More
Dear Negotiation Coach: Defusing negotiation anxiety
Q: Negotiations make me anxious. In the past year, I negotiated for a car at a dealership, a higher salary at work, a lower price on a piece of furniture at an antiques market, and an important business contract as part of a team. Each time, my palms got sweaty, my heart started to race, … Read More
Program on Negotiation Welcomes Visiting Scholar Stefanos Mouzas
Stefanos Mouzas is Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Lancaster University Management School in England, where he is also affiliated with the Center of Law and Society. He received his B.Sc. (Economics) from the University of Athens, LL.M. (Contract Law) from University of Bristol, and Ph.D. (Marketing) from Lancaster University. He was Visiting Professor … Read More
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BATNA
- What is BATNA? How to Find Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
- Negotiation research you can use: The irrational impact of disappearing BATNAs
- BATNA and Other Sources of Power at the Negotiation Table
- Negotiation Examples: How Crisis Negotiators Use Text Messaging
- Take your BATNA to the Next Level
- Business Negotiations
- Conflict Resolution
- Do Attitudes in Negotiation Influence Results?
- Case Study of Conflict Management: To Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflicts, Assume a Neutral 3rd Party Role
- Learning from Feedback without Losing Your Mind
- Tough Topics in Negotiation: Negotiating a Non-Compete Agreement with Employers
- How to Deal with Threats: 4 Negotiation Tips for Managing Conflict at the Bargaining Table
- Crisis Negotiations
- Learning from crisis negotiations
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Negotiation in the News: Last Negotiating Moves From A Never-Boring President
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Dealing with Difficult People
- How to Handle Difficult Customers
- Negotiating with the Enemy
- Negotiation Tactics for Bargaining with Difficult People: The Comcast Merger
- Ethics in Negotiations: How to Deal with Deception at the Bargaining Table
- Managing Difficult Conversations: Achieving Objectives with Backmapping Negotiation Strategies
- Dealmaking
- Dispute Resolution
- International Negotiation
- Famous Negotiators: Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- Cross-Cultural Communication in Business Negotiations
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Negotiation
- Best Negotiators in History: Nelson Mandela and His Negotiation Style
- Leadership Skills
- Mediation
- Arbitration vs Mediation: The Definition of Mediation as a Problem Solving Process
- How Mediation Works When Both Parties Agree They Need Help Resolving the Dispute
- Negotiator Toolbox: Using E-Mediation to Resolve Disputes
- Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills
- The Mediation Process and Dispute Resolution
- Negotiation Skills
- Essential Negotiation Skills: Limiting Cognitive Bias in Negotiation
- Techniques for Improving Your Negotiating Ability
- Negotiating Skills: How to Bargain “Behind the Table”
- Expanding the Pie: Integrative versus Distributive Bargaining Negotiation Strategies
- Negotiating with Liars: Bluffing versus Puffing
- Negotiation Training
- Use a Negotiation Preparation Worksheet for Continuous Improvement
- The Importance of a Relationship in Negotiation
- Ethics and Negotiation: 5 Principles of Negotiation to Boost Your Bargaining Skills in Business Situations
- 10 Negotiation Training Skills Every Organization Needs
- Best Negotiation Books: A Negotiation Reading List
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Download Your Next Mediation Video
- Redevelopment Negotiation: The Challenges of Rebuilding the World Trade Center
- New Simulation on Negotiating the Future of Dams
- Negotiating with Colleagues: Training for Collaborative Human Resources Negotiations
- New International Negotiation Simulations: Teaching International Negotiation with Current Global Dynamics
- Win-Win Negotiations