After parties have invested considerable time and money in a negotiation, agreement can come to seem like an inevitable end point. You may think you have an ironclad contract, but because negotiations can be difficult to undo, we’d be wise to examine very closely the pros and cons of signing a deal. That’s the lesson … Read M&A Negotiation: Undoing the Deal
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- Negotiation Master Class May 2025 Program Guide
- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2025 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) December 2024 and June 2025 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials In-House Program Guide
- Beyond the Back Table February 2025 Program Guide
- Make the Most of Online Negotiations
- Managing Multiparty Negotiations
- Getting the Deal Done
- Salary Negotiation: How to Negotiate Salary: Learn the Best Techniques to Help You Manage the Most Difficult Salary Negotiations and What You Need to Know When Asking for a Raise
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiation: Cross Cultural Communication Techniques and Negotiation Skills From International Business and Diplomacy
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
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Business Negotiations
- How to Find the ZOPA in Business Negotiations
- The Star Wars Negotiations and Trust at the Negotiation Table
- Art Buchwald, Paramount Pictures, and the Cost of Litigation Instead of Negotiation
- Contract Negotiations and Business Communication: How to Write an Iron-Clad Contract
- Notable Business Negotiations of 2024
Conflict Resolution
- Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Concepts: Hostage Negotiation Tips for Business Negotiators
- Conflict Management: Intervening in Workplace Conflict
- Do Attitudes in Negotiation Influence Results?
- MESO: Make Multiple Equivalent Simultaneous Offers to Create Value in Dealmaking Table
- Elements of Conflict: Diagnose What’s Gone Wrong
Crisis Negotiations
- Power Tactics in Negotiation: How to Gain Leverage with Stronger Parties
- Crisis Communication Examples: What’s So Funny?
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
Dealing with Difficult People
Dealmaking
- Negotiation Techniques: The First Offer Dilemma in Negotiations
- Should Women “Lean In” to Create More Value in Negotiations?
- How to Counter Offer Successfully With a Strong Rationale
- Perspective Taking and Empathy in Business Negotiations
- Understanding Exclusive Negotiation Periods in Business Negotiations
Dispute Resolution
- How Fast-Food Workers Used Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to Demand Higher Wages
- Using Principled Negotiation to Resolve Disagreements
- Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- What is Dispute System Design?
International Negotiation
Leadership Skills
Mediation
Negotiation Skills
- International Conflict and Humanitarian Negotiations
- Threats in Negotiation: When and How to Make Effective Threats
- Ask A Negotiation Expert: The Surprising Benefits of Negotiating with Your Kids
- Aggressive Negotiation Tactics: Threats at the Bargaining Table
- Negotiation Skills: Which Negotiating Style Is Best?
Negotiation Training
Salary Negotiations
Teaching Negotiation
Win-Win Negotiations
Free Videos
- New Frontiers, New Roleplays: Next Generation Teaching and Training
- Negotiating Transboundary Water Agreements
- Learning from Practice to Teach for Practice—Reflections From a Novel Training Series for International Climate Negotiators
- Insights From PON’s Great Negotiators and the American Secretaries of State Program
- Gender and Privilege in Negotiation