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Effective Negotiation Skills
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SLIDE 2 Course objectives
- Develop an effective plan for any negotiation
- Recognize interests and positions
- Become more persuasive
- Minimize conflicts and deadlocks
- Neutralize manipulative tactics
- Maximize closure opportunities
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Effective negotiators …
Persuade Listen Prepare
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Position versus interest
WHA HAT
versus
WHY
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SLIDE 5 To find underlying interests …
- Probe. Similar positions may be held
for very different reasons.
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SLIDE 6 Understand yourself
- “What do I want?”
- “Why do I want
these things?”
want them?”
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Information sources
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SLIDE 8 “Plan B, C, D …”
case scenario
competition
- Consult experts
- Identify your
leverage Goal: A list of actions you can take if no agreement is reached
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SLIDE 9 Develop good listening habits
- Give your full attention
- Show you’re listening
- Don’t make assumptions
- Don’t jump to conclusions
- Paraphrase to confirm
understanding
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SLIDE 10 Create a dialog
- Be fully engaged
- Remain non-
judgmental and
double-speak
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Nonverbal messages
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SLIDE 12 What to do with what you hear
counterpart’s arguments
- Put yourself in the
- ther person’s
shoes
responses to their “no”
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SLIDE 13 Recognizing your buttons
angry or frustrated?
wrong way?
listening?
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SLIDE 14 Choose your response
– Decide current situation is reality, and move forward
– Suggest a change to the current situation
– Suggest a major time-out
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Strategy steps
Acknowledge Be silent Concede on unimportant items Deflect dirty tactics End
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SLIDE 16 Leverage
–Positive –Negative –Normative
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“Dirty” tactics
Delay tactics Stuck on position Anger
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Difficult people
Attacker Rambler Dominator Passive- Aggressive
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The language of cooperation
“People receiving concessions often feel better about the bargaining process than people who get a firm, ‘fair’ price.”
— Richard Shell Bargaining for Advantage
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SLIDE 20 Put it in writing
receiving
for what you are receiving
involved are
agreement
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