To hear President Donald Trump tell it, the United States under President Barack Obama had bungled one negotiation after another on the global stage due to an inability to stand firm and take tough stances on key issues when engaging in difficult conversations.
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Negotiation Strategies: Bernie Sanders’ Pragmatic Approach to Negotiating in the Senate
When dealing with difficult people, we tend to expect them to be rigid negotiators who will walk away if they don’t get everything they want. But a gruff demeanor may not necessarily translate into a hard-nosed negotiating style.
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Dealing with Difficult People? First Look in the Mirror
We’ve all faced the challenge of dealing with difficult people – those who refuse to give you what you want in negotiation for no clear reason other than sheer stubbornness. But dismissing others as stubborn, irrational, and difficult is typically a mistake.
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- Business Negotiations
- How to Respond to Questions in Negotiation
- Negotiation Skills in Business Negotiation and Status Consciousness
- The Importance of Negotiation in Business and Your Career
- In the Negotiation Planning Process, to Capture the Force, be Patient
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- Conflict Resolution
- Conflict Resolution Success Stories: A Surprising Tale from Congress
- Case Study of Conflict Management: To Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflicts, Assume a Neutral 3rd Party Role
- Pros and Cons of Email Communication
- 3 Types of Conflict and How to Address Them
- What is Conflict Resolution, and How Does It Work?
- Crisis Negotiations
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Dealmaking
- Dispute Resolution
- How to Negotiate with Friends and Family
- Cultural Barriers and Conflict Negotiation Strategies: Apple’s Apology in China
- What is Dispute System Design?
- Settling Out of Court: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Law
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- International Negotiation
- Political Negotiation: Negotiating with Bureaucrats
- International Arbitration: What it is and How it Works
- Diplomatic Negotiations: The Surprising Benefits of Conflict and Teamwork at the Negotiation Table
- The Importance of Relationship Building in China
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- Leadership Skills
- Mediation
- Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Teach Your Students to Take Their Mediation Skills to the Next Level
- Asynchronous Learning: Negotiation Exercises to Keep Students Engaged Outside the Classroom
- Negotiation Journal Now Open Access, New Issue Just Released!
- Teaching the Fundamentals: The Best Introductory Negotiation Role Play Simulations
- Teach Your Students to Negotiate a Management Crisis
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