Negotiating for Results
This highly interactive two-day workshop is designed to provide induviduals, who need to overcome objections and difficulties, with a basic comfort level to negotiate in any situation and includes techniques to promote effective communication and gives you techniques for turning face-to-face confrontation into side-by-side problem solving.
Description
The art of Negotiating has been thought of as a skill reserved only for those doing sales or procurement. However, the truth is that everyone negotiates more than we make think we do. We negotiate with our bosses, our colleagues, our staff, and pretty much everyone we work with. This course provides the basic principles and techniques of negotiations to enable the participant to transform this skill into an art.
This course is highly activity based and would require high levels of participation in order to fully learn how negotiations work.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
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Understanding the need for negotiation skills in business
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Identifying the characteristics of a good negotiator
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Identifying individual negotiating styles
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Knowing and applying the steps in the negotiation process
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Explaining strategies that could be used in negotiation
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Preparation – information gathering and goal setting
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Developing communication skills essential to negotiate successfully
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Gaining confidence – demonstrating persuasive and assertiveness techniques
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Achieving the best deal/outcome possible
How will this Training Course be Presented?
Live-Online
Who is this Training Course for?
Employees who are required to negotiate or influence discussions in their function
The Course Content
What is Negotiation?
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To begin, participants will explore the different types of negotiation (including positional bargaining) and the phases of negotiation.
The Successful Negotiator
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Next, participants will explore key attributes of a successful negotiator.
Preparing for Negotiation
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During this session, participants will learn the elements of preparing for negotiation: identifying your fears and hot buttons; doing research into your issues and the opponent's issues; and preparing your WAP, BATNA, WATNA, and ZOPA.
The Nuts and Bolts
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This session will give participants some tips on preparing their documentation and choosing a place for the negotiation.
Making the Right Impression
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Next, participants will learn the importance of self-presentation during the negotiation, including small talk, attire, first impressions, and their handshake.
Getting off to a Good Start
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During this session, participants will explore how to establish common ground and how to use ground rules.
Exchanging Information
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This session will look at how to exchange information, and what to do if the negotiation gets off to a bad start.
The Bargaining Stage
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Participants will learn six techniques for negotiating success and they will have an opportunity to practice and observe these techniques through a role play.
Inventing Options for Mutual Gain
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Next, participants will learn about the four obstacles to mutual gain, and how to turn them into negotiation advantages.
Getting Past No and Getting to Yes
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This session will look at ways to get past no and how to break an impasse, so that you can get to "yes."
Dealing with Negative Emotions
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During this session, participants will explore some ways to deal with negative reactions during a negotiation.
Moving from Bargaining to Closing
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Next, participants will learn how to tell when it's time to move from the bargaining phase to the negotiation phase.
The Closing Stage
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This session will discuss ways to build win-win solutions, achieve a sustainable agreement, and reach consensus.
Workshop Wrap-Up
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At the end of the day, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.