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Strategies to Resolve Conflict: Learning from Star Wars

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When we think of conflict-management experts, we tend to think of mediators, lawyers, professors, and hostage negotiators. But what about Jedis, Wookiees, droids, and Sith? After all, “conflict is everywhere in Star Wars,” as Noam Ebner and Jen Reynolds write in the introduction to their new edited book, Star Wars and Conflict Resolution: There Are … Read More 

Expert Job Negotiation Advice for Long-Term Success

Posted by & filed under Salary Negotiations.

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 

The Deal-Making Process: Playing the Long Game

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Do you have regrets about the deals that got away? If so, you might be newly motivated by the deal-making process of famed Hollywood movie and television producer Albert S. Ruddy. For 50 years he pursued two pet film projects—each of which finally led to a negotiated agreement and is coming to fruition. A Deal-Making Process … Read The Deal-Making Process: Playing the Long Game 

In Business Negotiations, Dress the Part

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Negotiators involved in high-stakes mergers and acquisitions typically come to the table armored in meticulously tailored apparel and designer shoes. But as Dana Mattioli reports in a recent Wall Street Journal negotiation topics in business article, those who are trying to woo business from an apparel company often end up dressing down at the bargaining … Read In Business Negotiations, Dress the Part 

Value Creation in Negotiation: Be Better, Not Perfect

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To reach better outcomes, negotiators learn to create value. Instead of only haggling over the cost of a service contract, they make tradeoffs with their counterpart on issues such as delivery, timing, duration, ancillary products, and so on. We can apply these negotiation skills to achieve better deals not only for those at the bargaining table, … Read More 

Make the most of trends in salary negotiation

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Several U.S. states have passed new fair-pay laws in the past year that could have dramatic effects on how salary negotiations are conducted in the workplace. Although the laws focus primarily on closing the salary gap between men and women, they have opened up a discussion about strategies that both employers and job candidates might … Read Make the most of trends in salary negotiation 

Voices of Syria: Opinions of civilians and fighters of the Syrian civil war

Posted by & filed under Daily, Events, Middle East Negotiation Initiatives.

The Middle East Negotiation Initiative of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School  is pleased to present Voices of Syria: Opinions of civilians and fighters of the Syrian civil war

with Ms. Vera Mironova Graduate Research Fellow, Program on Negotiation and

Sadik Al Azm Emeritus Professor of Modern European Philosophy University of Damascus and

Motaz Hadaya former Political Specialist with the U.S. Embassy in Syria Moderated by Professor Robert … Read More 

A Perspective on the Colombian Peace Process

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies are pleased to co-present: A Perspective on the Colombian Peace Process   with   Dr. Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado Inspector General of Colombia Procurador General  de la Nación   Friday, December 5th 12:00 – 1:00 PM Milstein East, Wasserstein Hall Harvard Law School Campus  Free and open to the public.   Please bring your … Read A Perspective on the Colombian Peace Process 

Is your negotiating style holding you back?

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The story, related by an anonymous job candidate on a blog called the Philosophy Smoker, went viral. According to the job candidate, referred to only as “W,” the philosophy department of Nazareth College, a small liberal-arts college in Rochester, New York, offered her a tenure-track position following a round of interviews. W said she responded … Read Is your negotiating style holding you back? 

World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements

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“World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements” A film screening & discussion with innovative teacher John Hunter and filmmaker Chris Farina.

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Time: 7:15 PM

Location: Langdell North, Harvard Law School Campus

For over thirty years, a public school teacher in Virginia has been teaching his students the work of peace through a remarkable exercise … Read World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements 

Announcing the 2011-2012 PON Graduate Research Fellows

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The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of … Read More 

Leadership and Cooperation: A Special Lecture by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

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Leadership and Cooperation: A Special Lecture by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Date: November 9, 2010, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm Location: Austin East, Harvard Law School campus On May 26, 2010, Kamla Persad-Bissessar made history when she was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. She was recently named one … Read More 

Announcing the 2010 PON Summer Fellows

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About the PON Summer Fellowship Program: PON offers fellowship grants to students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who are doing internships or undertaking summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, non-profit or academic organizations. The Summer Fellowship Program’s emphasis is on advancing the links between … Read Announcing the 2010 PON Summer Fellows