When you enter a job negotiation, what goals are foremost on your mind? If you’re like most people, you are primarily preoccupied with making a great impression and winning the job. Acing the interviews can seem like the only thing that matters, especially if you’ve been out of work or desperate to escape a miserable … Read More 
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Job Negotiation Advice from Leading Ladies
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Thanks to a series of cultural events and news stories, job negotiation advice has become a hot topic among women professionals and businesspeople more generally. First came Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Knopf, 2013) and corresponding movement, which encouraged women to take on leadership roles and … Read Job Negotiation Advice from Leading Ladies 
Job Negotiation Advice to Help You Succeed
Posted by PON Staff & filed under Salary Negotiations.
One of the more interesting segues to job negotiation advice emerged from the December 2014 leaks of hacked Sony Pictures data and an e-mail revealing a young actress’s efforts to be paid on the same level as her male peers.
In a December 2013 e-mail to Sony Pictures cochair Amy Pascal, Columbia Pictures executive Andrew Gumpert … Read Job Negotiation Advice to Help You Succeed 
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- Managing Complex Negotiations Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation and Leadership Fall 2026 Program Guide
- AI and Negotiation
- Managing Complex Negotiations March and June 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) March and May 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Spring 2026 Program Guide
- Effective Negotiation Preparation for an Uncertain World
- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2026 Program Guide
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
- BATNA Examples—and What You Can Learn from Them
- Negotiation Examples: How Crisis Negotiators Use Text Messaging
- 10 Hard-Bargaining Tactics to Watch Out for in a Negotiation
- What is BATNA? How to Find Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
- Know Your BATNA: The Power of Information in Negotiation

Business Negotiations
- Teaming Up in Job Negotiations: Collective Bargaining and a Most Favored Nations Clause
- The Importance of Negotiation in Business and Your Career
- Negotiation Preparation Strategies
- M&A Negotiation Strategy: How Iger and Lucas Launched Star Wars into a New Era
- Successes & Messes: A Notoriously Bad Business Contract

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- International Negotiations and Agenda Setting: Controlling the Flow of the Negotiation Process
- International Negotiations: North and South Korea Talks Collapse
- Famous Negotiators: Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin
- India’s Direct Approach to Conflict Resolution
- The Multi-Door Courthouse: How Alternative Dispute Resolution Expands Access to Justice

Leadership Skills

Mediation
- Employee Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Arbitration vs Mediation: The Definition of Mediation as a Problem Solving Process
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Using E-Mediation and Online Mediation Techniques for Conflict Resolution

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training
- Collaborative Negotiation Examples: Tenants and Landlords
- Ethics and Negotiation: 5 Principles of Negotiation to Boost Your Bargaining Skills in Business Situations
- 3-D Negotiation Strategy
- Gender and Negotiation: New Research Findings
- Use a Negotiation Preparation Worksheet for Continuous Improvement

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- New International Negotiation Simulations: Teaching International Negotiation with Current Global Dynamics
- New Great Negotiator Case: Christiana Figueres and the Road to the Paris Agreement
- 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

Win-Win Negotiations
Negotiation and Leadership
- Download Program Guide:
Fall 2026 - Register Online:
Fall 2026 - Learn More about Negotiation and Leadership
NEGOTIATION MASTER CLASS
- Download Program Guide:
December 2026 - Register Online:
December 2026 - Learn More about Harvard Negotiation Master Class
Negotiation Essentials Online
- Download Program Guide:
September 2026 - Register Online:
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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Select Your Free Special Report
- Managing Complex Negotiations Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation and Leadership Fall 2026 Program Guide
- AI and Negotiation
- Managing Complex Negotiations March and June 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials Online (NEO) March and May 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Master Class Spring 2026 Program Guide
- Effective Negotiation Preparation for an Uncertain World
- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation Essentials In-House Program Guide
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
- BATNA Examples—and What You Can Learn from Them
- Negotiation Examples: How Crisis Negotiators Use Text Messaging
- 10 Hard-Bargaining Tactics to Watch Out for in a Negotiation
- What is BATNA? How to Find Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
- Know Your BATNA: The Power of Information in Negotiation

Business Negotiations
- Teaming Up in Job Negotiations: Collective Bargaining and a Most Favored Nations Clause
- The Importance of Negotiation in Business and Your Career
- Negotiation Preparation Strategies
- M&A Negotiation Strategy: How Iger and Lucas Launched Star Wars into a New Era
- Successes & Messes: A Notoriously Bad Business Contract

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- International Negotiations and Agenda Setting: Controlling the Flow of the Negotiation Process
- International Negotiations: North and South Korea Talks Collapse
- Famous Negotiators: Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin
- India’s Direct Approach to Conflict Resolution
- The Multi-Door Courthouse: How Alternative Dispute Resolution Expands Access to Justice

Leadership Skills

Mediation
- Employee Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Arbitration vs Mediation: The Definition of Mediation as a Problem Solving Process
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Using E-Mediation and Online Mediation Techniques for Conflict Resolution

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training
- Collaborative Negotiation Examples: Tenants and Landlords
- Ethics and Negotiation: 5 Principles of Negotiation to Boost Your Bargaining Skills in Business Situations
- 3-D Negotiation Strategy
- Gender and Negotiation: New Research Findings
- Use a Negotiation Preparation Worksheet for Continuous Improvement

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- New International Negotiation Simulations: Teaching International Negotiation with Current Global Dynamics
- New Great Negotiator Case: Christiana Figueres and the Road to the Paris Agreement
- 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

Win-Win Negotiations




