Organizations have long recognized the value of hiring professional mediators to help resolve disputes. More and more, managers have begun to also see value in securing mediation training for themselves and their employees. Although there are times when the services of an unbiased, professional mediator are needed, there may also be instances in which employees … Read Mediation Training: What Can You Expect? 
Download the FREE special report from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Mediation Secrets for Better Business Negotiations: Top Techniques from Mediation Training Experts, and you will discover mediation techniques for selecting the right mediator, understand the mediation process and learn how to engage the mediator to ensure a good outcome.
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Negotiation and Leadership
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- 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
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- Negotiation and Leadership Spring 2026 Program Guide
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- Make the Most of Online Negotiations
- Managing Multiparty Negotiations
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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.
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Business Negotiations

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Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation

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Mediation
- Mediation Checklist: 5 Questions to Ask When Hiring Mediators
- Types of Mediation: Choose the Type Best Suited to Your Conflict
- Mediation Training: What Can You Expect?
- Med-Arb vs. Arbitration vs. Mediation: How Hybrid Dispute Resolution Works
- Shuttle Diplomacy in Mediation: How Interests-Based Mediators Build Agreement

Negotiation Skills
- Ask A Negotiation Expert: The Surprising Benefits of Negotiating with Your Kids
- International Conflict and Humanitarian Negotiations
- Value Claiming in Negotiation
- In Aggressive Negotiations, Hypothetical Questions Can Unlock Value
- Identify Your Negotiation Style: Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Concepts

Negotiation Training
- 3-D Negotiation Strategy
- Ethics and Negotiation: 5 Principles of Negotiation to Boost Your Bargaining Skills in Business Situations
- Relationships in Negotiation: The Advantages of Rapport Building
- Best Negotiation Books: A Negotiation Reading List
- 10 Negotiation Training Skills Every Organization Needs

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- Managing Emotions in Negotiation: Teaching Students to Turn Emotions into an Opportunity for Mutual Gain
- Expand Your Curriculum with 17 Newly Translated Simulations
- Teach Your Students to Negotiate the Technology Industry
- Teach Your Students to Negotiate a Management Crisis
- Teach Your Students How to Have Difficult Conversations Over Email

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