Negotiation
Negotiation
Objectives
• Recognise the wide range of personal skills and attributes required to negotiate
effectively and how to develop and enhance these
• Prepare appropriate negotiation strategies, implement and adapt them as
appropriate
• Deal with relationship issues, including considering each party's perception;
seeking to make negotiation proposals consistent with the other party's interests;
making emotions explicit and legitimate; matching, pacing leading and active
listening.
• Create sufficient capacity to effectively represent their interests in negotiation -
power management
• Deal with difficult and competitive negotiators
• Use a structured approach to the negotiation process
Personal inventory of attitudes, skills and abilities in effective negotiation. How to enhance
skills. Cultural aspects.
Recognising the relationship between the two processes. Determining the negotiating
approach and type. The nature of negotiation compared with persuasion - the need to change
techniques.
The dynamics of power at individual and organisational levels. Identifying decision processes
and influencing factors. Creating capacity to effectively represent your interests.
Planning to Negotiate
Planning question pathways for control; recognising the purpose of questions and using
different types of questions. Matching pacing, leading and active listening skills
The strategy and tactics for effective collaborative, competitive bargaining. Dealing with
difficult negotiators.
Effective negotiation communication through planning and understanding the other party's
personality, styles and decision making approach.
Training Methods
The programme will be designed to enhance learning through group and individual cases and
exercises. Some of these will be Client specific. There are a number of opportunities to
simulate negotiation and bargaining situations, practice techniques and evaluate skill levels.
In addition the course leader’s specialist knowledge and guidance are available in all sessions.
The programme will be supported with complete sets of workbooks, handouts and post course
references. The design of each course will provide for each delegate's preferred learning style
and optimise experiential learning processes. Tutor inputs will be aimed at giving direction
and guidance to ensure effective learning, skill enhancement and attitudes to move with the
times. The presentation of each programme will use the most modern technique, materials and
equipment.
Bill loves sharing his experiences and is a Senior member of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing’s Faculty having been a course director for 15 years
International Experience:
Use of all areas of expertise in USA, Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain,
Iran), Western Europe (inc. Scandinavia), Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Turkey) and CIS (former Soviet Union)
Career Experience:
Additional Information:
Whilst the foregoing information is pertinent, his current experience in running and managing
businesses for clients, training and advising their people is much more relevant.
His reputation is founded on a combination of very practical experience and visionary thinking
outside of current business boundaries and spanning many markets and industries. He has
experience in assisting with the development of creative opportunities for businesses and is
regarded as an important catalyst in strategic management thinking. He is well known for his
design and implementation of process consultancy and training programmes, which are both
highly practical and stimulating. His wide experience and ability to relate to many situations
across a range of markets make his contributions invaluable and easily assimilated.
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Currency is UAE Dirhams.