Negotiation Skills
Gain a unifying, powerful and generally applicable negotiation methodology. Your success and failure in business (and, indeed, in many aspects of life itself) will be correlated with your ability to negotiate effectively
Description
The Negotiation Skills short course will equip you with an essential framework that forms the basis of any type of negotiation and its consequent employment in the business environment. During the course, you will have the opportunity to apply key negotiation principles in practice, while also observing and delivering critique on others during simulated negotiation settings. This approach specifically aims to build your confidence and develop your abilities to negotiate more successfully, but also to deliver measurable improvement in negotiation performance in the workplace by familiarising yourself with all the ins and outs of the negotiation setting for better results.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
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Establish the underlying interests of both parties in a negotiation situation
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Outline mutual gain as a negotiation skills-related concepts
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Apply active listening approaches and tools to negotiation discussions
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Determine objective criteria to underpin negotiations
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Outline behavioural tools and techniques associated with the BATNA framework
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Respond to different power positions held in negotiations
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Outline effective responses to common negotiation tactics or dirty tricks
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Describe how to build rapport and empathy in a negotiation discussion
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Live-Online
Who is this Training Course for?
This workshop is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders or employees who conduct any operational negotiations such as facilitating meetings, resolving team conflicts, delegating, conducting performance reviews, hiring new staff or dealing with suppliers.
The Course Content
Module One: Getting Started
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Icebreaker
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Housekeeping Items
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The Parking Lot
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Workshop Objectives
Module Two: Understanding Negotiation
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The Three Phases
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Skills for Successful Negotiating
Module Three: Getting Prepared
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Establishing Your WATNA and BATNA
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Identifying Your WAP
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Identifying Your ZOPA
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Personal Preparation
Module Four: Laying the Groundwork
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Setting the Time and Place
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Establishing Common Ground
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Creating a Negotiation Framework
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The Negotiation Process
Module Five: Phase One - Exchanging Information
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Getting off on the Right Foot
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What to Share
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What to Keep to Yourself
Module Six: Phase Two - Bargaining
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What to Expect
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Techniques to Try
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How to Break an Impasse
Module Seven: About Mutual Gain
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Three Ways to See Your Options
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About Mutual Gain
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What Do I Want?
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What Do They Want?
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What Do We Want?
Module Eight: Phase Three - Closing
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Reaching Consensus
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Building an Agreement
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Setting the Terms of the Agreement
Module Nine: Dealing with Difficult Issues
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Being Prepared for Environmental Tactics
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Dealing with Personal Attacks
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Controlling Your Emotions
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Deciding When It's Time to Walk Away
Module Ten: Negotiating Outside the Boardroom
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Adapting the Process for Smaller Negotiations
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Negotiating via Telephone
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Negotiating via Email
Module Eleven: Negotiating on Behalf of Someone Else
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Choosing the Negotiating Team
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Covering All the Bases
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Dealing with Tough Questions
Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
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Words from the Wise
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Review of Parking Lot
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Lessons Learned
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Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations