participative leadership

Participative Leadership: What It Can Do for Organizations

| | Leadership Skills

Today more than ever, employees want a say in the decisions that affect them. Workers are increasingly demanding input into where and when they work, what they … Read This Post

Negotiating with Difficult Personalities

Negotiating with Difficult Personalities and “Dark” Personality Traits

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Have you ever found yourself negotiating with difficult personalities, or negotiating with someone who seemed entirely ruthless and lacking in empathy? From time to time, we may … Read This Post

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Negotiating a Non-Compete Agreement with Employers

| | Conflict Resolution

In integrative negotiation, each side seeks to create and claim value with an eye towards the future of the negotiating relationship. One way of securing this relationship … Read This Post

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When Our Negotiation Goals Hold Us Back

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Negotiation goals can help us stay true to our principles. But when our principles lead us astray, destructive impasse can follow, as a negotiation case study illustrates. … Read When Our Negotiation Goals Hold Us Back

Dispute Resolution

Union Strikes and Dispute Resolution Strategies

| | Dispute Resolution

When a conflict looms, it can be tempting for each side to try to make unilateral decisions on key issues because of the belief that negotiations with … Read Union Strikes and Dispute Resolution Strategies

negotiation skills

Top 10 Negotiation Skills You Must Learn to Succeed

| | Negotiation Skills

Increasingly, business negotiators recognize that the most effective bargainers are skilled at both creating value and claiming value—that is, they both collaborate and compete. The following 10 … Read This Post

relationship building

The Importance of Relationship Building in China

| | International Negotiation

Although most Americans treat those they know differently than they treat strangers, Chinese relationship building towards insiders and outsiders tends to be more extreme than in the … Read The Importance of Relationship Building in China

exploding offer

Dear Negotiation Coach: Dealing with an Exploding Offer

| | Negotiation Skills

An exploding offer is one with a time limit, which you’ll often find in the job market as employers are looking to hire quickly and may also … Read This Post

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How to Negotiate via Text Message

| | American Secretaries of State Project, Negotiation Skills

Do you negotiate via text message? If you’re a young person early in your career, there’s a good chance you could easily pull up message strings full … Read How to Negotiate via Text Message

international negotiation

Top International Negotiation Examples: Apple’s Apology in China

| | International Negotiation

In one of the top examples of international negotiation in April 2013, Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook made the unusual move of apologizing to Chinese customers for … Read This Post

Negotiating with Kids

Dear Negotiation Coach: What is the Secret to Negotiating with Kids Successfully?

| | Win-Win Negotiations

If you’ve ever tried negotiating with kids, you know that you don’t always feel like you have the upper hand. One expert weighs in. … Read This Post

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Teach by Example with These Negotiation Case Studies

| | Teaching Negotiation

Negotiation case studies use the power of example to teach negotiation strategies. Looking to past negotiations where students can analyze what approaches the parties took and how … Read This Post