Companies that consistently negotiate more valuable agreements in ways that protect key relationships enjoy an important but often overlooked competitive advantage. Until now, most companies have sought to improve their negotiation outcomes by sending individuals to training workshops. But this new [...]
Thirty years ago, Roger Fisher and Bill Ury wrote the groundbreaking book" Getting to Yes." It established the mutual gains approach to negotiation, or what the popular media likes to call "win-win negotiation." But there are few, if any, negotiating situations in which everyone can get everything t[...]
Some portion of the American public will react negatively to almost any new corporate initiative, as Disney discovered when it announced its plans to build an historical theme park in Virginia. Similarly, government efforts to change policy or shift budget priorities are invariably met with stif[...]
You've read the classic on win-win negotiating, Getting to Yes ...but so have they, the folks you are now negotiating with. How can you get a leg up ...and win? "Win-win" negotiation is an appealing idea on an intellectual level: Find the best way to convince the other side to accept a mutually ben[...]
International environmental agreements have increased exponentially within the last five decades. However, decisions on policies to address key issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, ozone depletion, hazardous waste transport and numerous other planetary challenges require individual coun[...]
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