Whether you’re planning to put your home up for sale, trying to unload excess merchandise, or searching for new clients, there’s a good chance you’ll make your next sales negotiation more challenging than it needs to be by falling into common cognitive traps. You can improve your sales negotiation skills by learning about four traps … Read More 
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Sales Negotiation Techniques
Posted by Katie Shonk & filed under Business Negotiations.
In sales negotiations, making the first offer is often a smart move. The first offer can anchor the discussion that follows and can have a powerful effect on the final outcome.
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Negotiation and Leadership
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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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- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Crisis Negotiation Lessons: The U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill

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- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- The Multi-Door Courthouse: How Alternative Dispute Resolution Expands Access to Justice
- International Negotiations and Agenda Setting: Controlling the Flow of the Negotiation Process
- In Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Improve Your Awareness
- How to Resolve Intercultural Conflict

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NEGOTIATION MASTER CLASS
- Download Program Guide:
December 2026 - Register Online:
December 2026
April 2027 - Learn More about Harvard Negotiation Master Class
Negotiation Essentials Online
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January 2027
March 2027 - Register Online:
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Beyond the Back Table: Working with People and Organizations to Get to Yes
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- Negotiation Master Class Fall 2026 Program Guide
- Negotiation and Leadership 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

Business Negotiations

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations
- How to Gain Leverage with Stronger Parties in Negotiation
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Crisis Negotiation Lessons: The U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- The Multi-Door Courthouse: How Alternative Dispute Resolution Expands Access to Justice
- International Negotiations and Agenda Setting: Controlling the Flow of the Negotiation Process
- In Cross-Cultural Negotiations, Improve Your Awareness
- How to Resolve Intercultural Conflict

Leadership Skills

Mediation

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation

Win-Win Negotiations




