Many people dread negotiation, not recognizing that they negotiate on a regular, even daily basis. Most of us face formal negotiations throughout our personal and professional lives: discussing the terms of a job offer with a recruiter, haggling over the price of a new car, hammering out a contract with a supplier.
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Learn how to negotiate like a diplomat, think on your feet like an improv performer, and master job offer negotiation like a professional athlete when you download a copy of our FREE special report, Negotiation Skills: Negotiation Strategies and Negotiation Techniques to Help You Become a Better Negotiator, from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
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- 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
- Make the Most of Online Negotiations
- Managing Multiparty Negotiations
- Getting the Deal Done
- How to Negotiate Your Salary and Raises
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

Conflict Resolution
- In Conflict Resolution, President Carter Turned Flaws Into Virtues
- The Pitfalls of Negotiations Over Email
- Ripeness Theory in Dispute Resolution: Seizing the Day
- Cognitive Biases in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Common Negotiation Mistakes
- Using Conflict Resolution Skills: Trying to Forgive and Move Forward

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Examples: Restorative Justice
- In Contract Negotiations, Agree on How You’ll Disagree
- Emotional Triggers: How Emotions Affect Your Negotiating Ability
- How to Write a Contract That Doesn’t Leave Room for Interpretation
- Settling Out of Court: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Law

International Negotiation
- The Pros and Cons of Back-Channel Negotiations
- A Top International Negotiation Case Study in Business: The Microsoft-Nokia Deal
- Famous Negotiators: Tony Blair’s 10 Principles to Guide Diplomats in International Conflict Resolution
- Elements of Negotiation Style: Angela Merkel
- Political Negotiation: Negotiating with Bureaucrats

Leadership Skills

Mediation
- Negotiations and Logrolling: Discover Opportunities to Generate Mutual Gains
- AI Mediation: Using AI to Help Mediate Disputes
- Employee Mediation Techniques – Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflict with These Mediation Skills
- What Makes a Good Mediator?
- Negotiation Research on Mediation Techniques: Focus on Interests

Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Training

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- Teaching the Fundamentals: The Best Introductory Negotiation Role Play Simulations
- Teach Your Students to Take Their Mediation Skills to the Next Level
- Teaching with Multi-Round Simulations: Balancing Internal and External Negotiations
- Teaching Critical Leadership Skills
- Labor Relations: Negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements

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