Business negotiators generally understand that to get what they want from another party or parties, they will have to give something away. But what concessions should you offer in the deal-making process, and what form should they take? New research on concession making in negotiation offers tips to add to your repertoire of business skills.
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Business Team Building: The Value of Self-Reflection
Exercises designed to build trust and rapport are often touted as the key to business team building and improved business skills. Such exercises—from falling backwards into the arms of teammates to competing in scavenger hunts—can be effective at onboarding new employees, overcoming cultural barriers, and strengthening existing teams.
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- Business Negotiations
- Conflict Resolution
- Crisis Negotiations
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Managing Difficult Conversations: Achieving Objectives with Backmapping Negotiation Strategies
- How to Have Difficult Conversations During the Holidays and Beyond
- When Dealing with Difficult People, Try a Complementary Approach
- Beyond Walking Away: Facing a Hardball Strategy Head-on
- Examples of Difficult Situations at Work: Consensus and Negotiated Agreements
- Dealmaking
- Business Negotiation Skills: How to Enhance Your Negotiated Agreement
- Negotiating Skills: Learn How to Build Trust at the Negotiation Table
- Closing the Deal in Negotiations: 3 Tips for Sequential Dealmaking
- Closing the Deal in Negotiations: Should “Deal” Be a Dirty Word?
- Dear Negotiation Coach: How Should I Handle an Early Offer Negotiation?
- Dispute Resolution
- Repairing Relationships Using Negotiation Skills
- Patience is a Winning Negotiation Skill for Getting What You Want at the Negotiation Table
- Choose the Right Dispute Resolution Process
- Negotiation Case Studies: Google’s Approach to Dispute Resolution
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- International Negotiation
- Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation
- International Negotiations and Cognitive Biases in Negotiation
- Diplomatic Negotiations: The Surprising Benefits of Conflict and Teamwork at the Negotiation Table
- Elements of Negotiation Style: Angela Merkel
- Dispute Resolution for India and Bangladesh
- Leadership Skills
- How to Negotiate in Cross-Cultural Situations
- Leadership Styles in Negotiation: The Case of Ebay and Paypal
- Leadership Skills in Negotiation: How to Negotiate Equity Incentives with Senior Management
- Negotiation Skills and Bargaining Techniques from Female Executives
- Dear Negotiation Coach: Confronting Unconscious Bias Constructively
- Mediation
- Negotiation Skills
- To Achieve a Win Win Situation, First Negotiate with Yourself
- VIDEO: William Ury on “Getting to Yes with Yourself”
- Dear Negotiation Coach: Is There a Negotiating Strategy That Will Make Ideas Resonate?
- Negotiation Advice: When to Make the First Offer in Negotiation
- Stonewalling in Negotiations: Risks and Pitfalls
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Win-Win Negotiations