Dispute resolution can sometimes take years and lead to costly litigation if opposing sides can’t reach a settlement. The dispute process can become frustrating when you try to be fair and reach efficient settlements, but your counterpart fails to reciprocate. What can you do in a situation where the other party is unreasonable?
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In this FREE special report from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Dispute Resolution, Working Together Toward Conflict Resolution on the Job and at Home, the editors of Negotiation Briefings cull valuable negotiation strategies and curate popular content to provide you with a concise guide on how to improve your dispute resolution skills.
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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

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking
- Perspective Taking and Empathy in Business Negotiations
- 5 Dealmaking Tips for Closing the Deal
- Copyright Negotiation: In Dealmaking with Tom Petty, Sam Smith Backs Down
- At the Louvre, a Negotiation Campaign Paints a Fuller Portrait
- Power in Negotiation: Examples of Being Overly Committed to the Deal

Dispute Resolution
- Negotiation Case Studies: Google’s Approach to Dispute Resolution
- What Is an Umbrella Agreement?
- Four Conflict Negotiation Strategies for Resolving Value-Based Disputes
- Dear Negotiation Coach: Determining the Right Compensation Offer After a Disaster
- Settling Out of Court: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Law

International Negotiation
- Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Communication – Cultural Approximations of Time and the Impact on Negotiations
- Tough Negotiator: Insights on Vladimir Putin from Former U.S. Secretaries of State
- Top International Negotiation Examples: The East China Sea Dispute
- Negotiation Analysis: The US, Taliban, and the Bergdahl Exchange

Leadership Skills

Mediation

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- New Simulation: Teaching Multi‑Party Negotiation on Energy, Environment, and Community Impacts
- Camp Lemonnier: Negotiating a Lease Agreement for a Key Military Base in Africa
- When Deceptive Tactics in Negotiation Arise from “Paranoid Pessimism
- Planning for Cyber Defense of Critical Urban Infrastructure
- High Stakes Negotiations in the Healthcare Industry

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