Labor unions may be the most obvious example of a negotiating coalitions. When a company negotiates with an employee individually, it could threaten to hire someone else in the face of the employee’s demands. By contrast, when employees bargain collectively through a union, they avoid the need to compete against one another (at least on … Read More 
Learn how to create value while still staking your position with, Win-Win or Hardball: Learn Top Strategies from Sports Contract Negotiations, a FREE special report from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
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Win-Win or Hardball?: Learn Top Strategies from Sports Contract Negotiations
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In this Special Report, we offer advice from the world of sports to help you navigate your most important negotiations. You will learn to get your head in the game, manage team dynamics, and get a competitive edge.
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Labor Negotiation Strategies
Posted by Katie Shonk & filed under Win-Win Negotiations.
No one likes strikes. They can be financially devastating to employers and employees alike. And because strikes inconvenience the public, whatever popular support striking workers gain may fade when a strike drags on over time.
… Read Labor Negotiation Strategies 
Win-Win Negotiation Techniques: Create Value with Rivals
Posted by Katie Shonk & filed under Win-Win Negotiations.
Even experienced negotiators often make the mistake of treating important talks as a win-lose negotiation. Overlooking effective win-win negotiation techniques, they focus on trying to claim as much value as they can without trying to create new sources of value.
It’s also the case that competitors in a given market or field may fail to recognize … Read More 
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- 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.
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Business Negotiations

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- 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
- Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals

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
- 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
- Collaborative Negotiation Examples: Tenants and Landlords

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- 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
- Planning for Cyber Defense of Critical Urban Infrastructure

Win-Win Negotiations
Negotiation and Leadership
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Spring 2026
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Spring 2026
Fall 2026 - Learn More about Negotiation and Leadership
NEGOTIATION MASTER CLASS
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December 2026 - Register Online:
December 2026 - Learn More about Harvard Negotiation Master Class
Negotiation Essentials Online
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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

Business Negotiations

Conflict Resolution

Crisis Negotiations

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealmaking

Dispute Resolution

International Negotiation
- 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
- Managing Cultural Differences in Negotiation
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals

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
- 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
- Collaborative Negotiation Examples: Tenants and Landlords

Salary Negotiations

Teaching Negotiation
- 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
- Planning for Cyber Defense of Critical Urban Infrastructure

Win-Win Negotiations




