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Move Beyond Impasse in Negotiation

| | Negotiation Skills

Facing impasse in negotiation? During the 2018-2019 U.S. government shutdown, Program on Negotiation experts analyzed the impasse and offered solutions that can be applied to a wide … Read Move Beyond Impasse in Negotiation

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5 Win-Win Negotiation Strategies

| | Win-Win Negotiations

Business negotiators understand the importance of reaching a win-win negotiation: when both sides are satisfied with their agreement, the odds of a long-lasting and successful business partnership … Read 5 Win-Win Negotiation Strategies

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Consensus-Building Techniques

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Consensus-building techniques can help parties facing a group decision reach longer-lasting, more harmonious outcomes than resorting to an up-or-down vote. Several different approaches are available to parties … Read Consensus-Building Techniques

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In Contract Negotiations, Agree on How You’ll Disagree

| | Dispute Resolution

During the course of a complex negotiation, the last thing we want to think about is the possibility that a serious disagreement or contract breach will arise … Read This Post

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Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?

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How does the desire to negotiate stack up against other workplace decision-making procedures? Negotiation seems to be the preferred decision-making mechanism when employees are seeking individually tailored … Read This Post

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How to Handle Conflict in Teams: Lessons from Scientific Collaborations

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How to handle conflict in teams? Most advice centers on eliminating conflict. But an expert on helping scientific collaborators work together fruitfully recommends finding ways to live … Read This Post

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When Business Negotiations Fall Flat

| | Business Negotiations

Business negotiations fail for many reasons. An attempted merger between Renault and Fiat Chrysler collapsed, despite its potential benefits, because of the failure to consider how it … Read When Business Negotiations Fall Flat

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Power in Negotiation: The Impact on Negotiators and the Negotiation Process

| | Negotiation Skills

According to Dacher Keltner of the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues, power in negotiation affects two primary neurological regulators of behavior: the behavioral approach … Read This Post

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Employment Contract Negotiation: Morals Clauses

| | Business Negotiations

Employment contract negotiation in some industries involves the negotiation of morals clauses—an increasingly common way for organizations to protect themselves from employee misbehavior. … Read Employment Contract Negotiation: Morals Clauses

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Negotiation Skills: Which Negotiating Style Is Best?

| | Negotiation Skills

Is one negotiation style “better” than another? Most research suggests that negotiators with a primarily cooperative style are more successful than hard bargainers at reaching novel solutions … Read This Post

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How to Negotiate Mutually Beneficial Noncompete Agreements

| | Win-Win Negotiations

If you’re looking to get more leverage out of your next job negotiation, the noncompete agreement that may very well be tucked inside your employment contract could … Read This Post

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How to Renegotiate a Bad Deal

| | Dealing with Difficult People

Think you have some stories from trying to renegotiate? Try this one on for size. Many viewed the deal to be a terrible one from the start. … Read How to Renegotiate a Bad Deal