Do Token Concessions Really Work?
Negotiators need to understand that if they use token concessions during a negotiation, then they can get the other side to make more concessions
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Does How You Set Up A Negotiation Determine Its Outcome?
Negotiators who want to get the most out of their next negotiation need to plan where it will be held and only invite the people who can help to reach a deal
A Checklist For Preparing For Your Next Negotiation
When it comes time for your next negotiation, will you do the most important thing to get ready? You know what I’m talking about – prepare! One of the biggest mistakes that negotiators make over and over again doesn’t have anything to do with their negotiation styles or negotiating techniques, instead it has to do … Read more
What Should Be On Your Negotiation Checklist?
As negotiators, every time that we enter into a negotiation we hope to be able to use our negotiation styles and negotiating techniques to walk away with a deal that we can live with. However, in order for that to happen we have to have taken the time to prepare for the negotiation. All too … Read more
Negotiators Need To Learn How To Stop Deception In Negotiations
So – does the other side really mean what they are saying? Will they really do what they are promising to do? I’m pretty sure that you and I can’t tell. The reason that we are so bad at detecting deception is because the most common signs of deception, such grammatical errors and as increased … Read more
How Negotiators Can Deal With “The Winner’s Curse”
What would the perfect negotiation look like to you? Would it happen if you sat down at the negotiating table, presented the other side with an offer without using any of your negotiation styles or negotiating techniques, they accepted it and everything was over and done? Immediately sensing that you asked for too little, you … Read more
Is “Emotional Intelligence” An Important Negotiating Skill?
One of the more popular phrases that has been used during the past few years has been “emotional intelligence”. This term first burst into the cultural imagination in 1995 with the publication of psychologist Daniel Goleman’s book. Negotiation experts have predicted that scoring high on this personality trait would boost one’s negotiating outcomes and have … Read more
The Role Of Anchoring Bias In A Negotiation
If ever there was a fundamental question in negotiation, it would probably not be which negotiation styles or negotiating techniques to use, but rather it would have to be the classic “should I make the first offer or wait for the other side to make the first offer” question. For the longest time, the thinking … Read more
The 4 Types Of Commitment You Have To Bring To A Negotiation
As negotiators we understand that a great deal of what it takes to be successful in a negotiation resides in our head. How we view the negotiation, how we view the other side of the table, etc. are all key parts to what kind of deal we can expect to walk away with. However, there … Read more
Successful Negotiating Is All About Believing
As we prepare for our next negotiation, we go through a mental checklist of all of the things that we need to do. We make sure that we know who we’ll be negotiating with, we make sure that we understand the issues that will be discussed and we know which ones are the most important … Read more