negotiation techniques

Negotiation Techniques: The First Offer Dilemma in Negotiations

| | Dealmaking

The first offer dilemma in negotiations – should you make the first offer? Few questions related to negotiation techniques and negotiation strategies have yielded more academic attention … Read This Post

salary negotiation

Salary Negotiation: How to Ask for a Higher Salary

| | Salary Negotiations

For a new employee, salary negotiation skills can be the most important and the most intimidating, but the most important, of difficult conversations to have at the … Read This Post

Strategies to resolve conflict

Strategies to Resolve Conflict over Deeply Held Values

| | Conflict Resolution

In negotiation, when deeply held beliefs and principles are at stake, typical strategies to resolve conflict may fail, whether in family conflict scenarios or in business. These … Read This Post

door in the face

The Door in the Face Technique: Will It Backfire?

| | Dispute Resolution

Have you ever heard of the door in the face technique? In a classic and rather amusing study from 1975, Arizona State University professor Robert Cialdini and … Read The Door in the Face Technique: Will It Backfire?

contract negotiations

Contract Negotiations and Business Communication: How to Write an Iron-Clad Contract

| | Business Negotiations

In contract negotiations, writing a contract that both encapsulates the negotiated agreement but also incorporates future elements such as the business relationship and the sustainability of the … Read This Post

types of mediation

Types of Mediation: Choose the Type Best Suited to Your Conflict

| | Mediation

When parties involved in a serious conflict want to avoid a court battle, there are types of mediation can be an effective alternative. In mediation, a trained … Read This Post

negotiation in business

Negotiation in Business: Starbucks and Kraft’s Coffee Conflict

| | Business Negotiations

Sometimes even the best agreements arising out of negotiation in business and are liable to failure and such is the case with the dispute between food giants … Read This Post

how to counter offer

How to Counter Offer Successfully With a Strong Rationale

| | Dealmaking

In negotiation, some justifications are more persuasive than others, research suggests. And learning how to counter offer in the right way can make significant differences in outcomes. … Read This Post

famous negotiators

Famous Negotiators: Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin

| | International Negotiation

At a January press conference back in 2015, German chancellor Angela Merkel dangled a carrot in front of Russian president Vladimir Putin: the possibility of a summit … Read This Post

BATNA

Negotiation Tactics, BATNA and Examples for Creating Value in Business Negotiations

| | Business Negotiations

Learning great BATNA examples, or estimations of your best alternative to a negotiated agreement as well as that of your negotiating counterpart, are essential to effective negotiation … Read This Post

cross cultural

Cross Cultural Communication: Translation and Negotiation

| | International Negotiation

In previous international negotiation articles from cross cultural negotiation case studies, we have focused on how international negotiators can avoid cognitive biases and overcome cultural barriers. But … Read This Post

conflict resolution

Conflict Resolution in the Family

| | Conflict Resolution

In Lessons in Domestic Diplomacy, the New York Times’ Bruce Feiler, drawing on family conflict resolution negotiation examples in his past, offers a case study of conflict … Read Conflict Resolution in the Family