Imagine that you are about to enter into a negotiation. Unbeknown to your counterpart, the stakes are particularly high because you are dealing with difficult situations behind the scenes. Maybe your organization is struggling financially and needs a break to stay in the black. Or you are planning to ask for a raise to help … Read More 
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Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems THREE-DAY PROGRAM | June 8-10, 2026
At Negotiation and Leadership, you will test your beliefs and assumptions, overcome emotional and rational biases, examine complex negotiation scenarios, and discover a range of competitive and cooperative negotiation strategies. In this acclaimed program, we compress 40 years of groundbreaking research into … Read More
Top Ten Posts About Conflict Resolution
Conflict resolution is the process of resolving a dispute or a conflict by meeting at least some of each side’s needs and addressing their interests. Conflict resolution sometimes requires both a power-based and an interest-based approach, such as the simultaneous pursuit of litigation (the use of legal power) and negotiation (attempts to reconcile each party’s … Read Top Ten Posts About Conflict Resolution
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems THREE-DAY PROGRAM | May 11–13, 2026
At Negotiation and Leadership, you will test your beliefs and assumptions, overcome emotional and rational biases, examine complex negotiation scenarios, and discover a range of competitive and cooperative negotiation strategies. In this acclaimed program, we compress 40 years of groundbreaking research into … Read More
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems
Negotiation and Leadership: Dealing with Difficult People and Problems THREE-DAY PROGRAM | March 23–25, 2026
At Negotiation and Leadership, you will test your beliefs and assumptions, overcome emotional and rational biases, examine complex negotiation scenarios, and discover a range of competitive and cooperative negotiation strategies. In this acclaimed program, we compress 40 years of groundbreaking research into … Read More
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- Business Negotiations
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- Dealing with Difficult People
- Dealmaking
- Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Examples: Restorative Justice
- In Contract Negotiations, Agree on How You’ll Disagree
- Emotional Triggers: How Emotions Affect Your Negotiating Ability
- How to Write a Contract That Doesn’t Leave Room for Interpretation
- Settling Out of Court: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Law
- International Negotiation
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- Dispute Resolution for India and Bangladesh
- The Pros and Cons of Back-Channel Negotiations
- A Top International Negotiation Case Study in Business: The Microsoft-Nokia Deal
- Famous Negotiators: Tony Blair’s 10 Principles to Guide Diplomats in International Conflict Resolution
- Leadership Skills
- Mediation
- Negotiations and Logrolling: Discover Opportunities to Generate Mutual Gains
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Employee Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills
- What Makes a Good Mediator?
- Negotiation Research on Mediation Techniques: Focus on Interests
- Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Teaching the Fundamentals: The Best Introductory Negotiation Role Play Simulations
- Teach Your Students to Take Their Mediation Skills to the Next Level
- Teaching with Multi-Round Simulations: Balancing Internal and External Negotiations
- Teaching Critical Leadership Skills
- Labor Relations: Negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Win-Win Negotiations