In negotiation we tell ourselves correct way to negotiate is about one issue at a time. And that strategy is a recipe for valued destruction in e negotiation. So what i want to do is get a sense of value or importance of the issues over which we could negotiate. How important are they to you, compared to how important they are to me? I'm quite willing to concede on an issue that's important to you, especially if it’s not that important to me,. In order to get a concession on issues that're important to me. That's the beginning of the chunking process. and where are the symmetries in our preferences? The package level negotiations can be just as
Whether we realize it or not, we negotiate everyday. But when we approach these situations as a win-or-lose battle, we’re already showing resistance, and setting ourselves up for difficulty. But what if you reframed the whole idea, to think of a negotiation not as a fight, but as a problem-solving exercise involving emotions?
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart Matt Abrahams speaks with Stanford GSB Professor emeritus Maggie Neale (and author of Getting More of What You Want: How the Secrets of Economics and Psychology Can Help You Negotiate Anything, in Business and in Life) about what she has learned in her decades of researching negotiation and the steps that lead to more collaborative problem solving. Listen as Maggie shares tips on how to approach negotiations with intention, and what strategies can help us more easily communicate our wants and needs.
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