TRAINING - Purposes

Learning the Essentials of Negotiation
  • Recognizing how negotiation works - its dynamics and patterns
  • Assessing the benets of a "joint gains" approach
  • Preparing for a range of negotiation challenges
  • Developing solid and comprehensive criteria for measuring success in negotiation
  • Balancing self-interest with management of relationships

    Dealing with difficult tactics
  • The pitfalls of "positional" bargaining
  • The patterns underlying "hard bargaining" tactics
  • Strategies for propelling the negotiation process forward and keeping the conversation under control
  • The elements in yourself that make conflict challenging

    Negotiation Skill Development
  • Improving your substantive negotiation results
  • Role-playing and practicing negotiation techniques demonstrated in this course
  • Demonstrating how to deal with "hard bargainers"
  • Integrating learning with client-specific scenarios and applications, to ensure on-the-job relevance

    Dealing with Communication and Relationship Management
  • Becoming an active, not a passive listener
  • Managing the benefits and risks of negotiation via email
  • Recognizing how culture affects your behavior, reactions, assumptions and expectations
  • Mastering strategies to manage the consequences of cultural difference

    What will I learn?
  • How to register with others as a commanding and credible negotiator
  • How to advocate clearly for your interests and concerns
  • How to recognize and respond skillfully to challenging tactics
  • How to handle yourself effectively in business transactions
  • How to improve your ability to build (and use) "relationship capital"
  • How to enhance your reputation for fairness as well as client satisfaction
  • How to apply a systematic framework for preparing, conducting, and reviewing negotiations

    Who should attend?
  • High Potential Leaders & Executives
  • Lawyers
  • Sales Managers
  • Alliance Managers
  • Customer Service Managers
  • Business Development Professionals