The ladder of inference describes how a negotiator, or any decision maker, relies upon her personal knowledge, or observable data, up the ladder of inference to the next stage, which is selected data.
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Harvard Negotiation Master Class: Advanced Strategies for Experienced Negotiators – December 7-11, 2026
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The program’s intimate format fosters deep engagement with faculty, meaningful connections with accomplished peers, and memorable after-hours events. Participation is strictly limited to 42 experienced professionals who have completed prior negotiation training.
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Negotiation Master Class Fall 2026 Program Guide
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Over the years thousands of professionals have participated in negotiation programs at the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School. And after a few months or years of putting their negotiation skills and techniques to work, participants inevitably ask us, what’s next?
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Entrepreneurs: Prepare for Challenging Conversations in Key Negotiation
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Start-ups and individual entrepreneurs often encounter challenging conversations when negotiating with potential partners and investors. When you are trying to sell others on your big idea or venture, you face the daunting challenge of convincing them that it’s worth their time, money, and effort. And even as you’re drawing on all your powers of persuasion … Read More 
Negotiation and Leadership
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Negotiation Essentials Online
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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.
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Business Negotiations
- Right of First Refusal: A Win-Win Negotiation Tool
- Winner’s Curse: A Key Negotiation Mistake to Avoid
- Art Buchwald, Paramount Pictures, and the Cost of Litigation Instead of Negotiation
- Top Negotiation Case Studies in Business: Apple and Dispute Resolution in the Courts
- Negotiation Advice for Buying a Car: Tips for Improving Your Negotiating Position

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Crisis Negotiation Lessons: The U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- The Importance of Relationship Building in China
- A Dispute Resolution Case Study
- Cross Cultural Negotiations in International Business: Four Negotiation Tips for Bargaining in China
- Famous Negotiators: Tony Blair’s 10 Principles to Guide Diplomats in International Conflict Resolution
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations

Leadership Skills

Mediation

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation

Win-Win Negotiations
Negotiation and Leadership
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Fall 2026
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Spring 2027 - Learn More about Negotiation and Leadership
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 - Learn More about Negotiation Essentials Online
Beyond the Back Table: Working with People and Organizations to Get to Yes
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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
- Right of First Refusal: A Win-Win Negotiation Tool
- Winner’s Curse: A Key Negotiation Mistake to Avoid
- Art Buchwald, Paramount Pictures, and the Cost of Litigation Instead of Negotiation
- Top Negotiation Case Studies in Business: Apple and Dispute Resolution in the Courts
- Negotiation Advice for Buying a Car: Tips for Improving Your Negotiating Position

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Crisis Negotiation Lessons: The U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- The Importance of Relationship Building in China
- A Dispute Resolution Case Study
- Cross Cultural Negotiations in International Business: Four Negotiation Tips for Bargaining in China
- Famous Negotiators: Tony Blair’s 10 Principles to Guide Diplomats in International Conflict Resolution
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations

Leadership Skills

Mediation

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation

Win-Win Negotiations




