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Negotiation Skills

Negotiation Skills

Description

1-Day Workshop

Negotiation skills are essential in today’s work environment, yet few managers have been trained to respond confidently in the face of these stresses.

Inter-personal, intergroup and structural conflicts all point to the need for more effective tools for lasting problem solving through negotiation. It is thus important for managers, supervisors and customer service staff to become familiar with the principles, processes, and techniques of negotiation management.

Establishing Terms of Agreement

Understanding negotiation objectives/ Understanding and establishing your requirements

Researching the other party

Information gathering/ Estimating the other party’s requirements

Preparing for an Agreement

Planning an agreement/ The negotiation environment

Leading a Negotiation

Understanding the Process/ Communication during negotiation/ Challenging Negotiation Situations

Advanced Negotiation Tactics

Control in negotiations/ Negotiation tactics/ Negotiation Ethics

Who should attend?

  • Middle management level employees
  • Supervisors
  • Team leaders
  • Employees who have been earmarked for succession into management

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Understanding Negotiation

  • What Is Negotiation?
  • When is Negotiation Needed?
  • Competitive Negotiation
  • Effective Negotiation
  • Negotiation in Conflict Management
  • Steps in Negotiation
  • Rules for Effective Negotiation
  • Attitude
  • Compromise
  • Lines of Communication
  • Be cooperative
  • Listen and Ask Questions
  • Styles of Negotiating
  • Style is Critical
  • Negotiating successfully
  • Steps in Negotiation – Preparation
  • Preparing for Negotiation
  • Anticipating Possible Directions of a Negotiation
  • Planning
  • Making Concessions
  • Understand when and how to mediate
  • Debate and Bargain
  • Closure
  • Choosing a Method of Closure

 Rules for Effective Negotiation

  • Attitude
  • Compromise
  • Lines of Communication
  • Be cooperative
  • Listen and Ask Questions

Styles of Negotiating

  • Style is Critical
  • Negotiating successfully
  • Types of Outcomes - Bottom Line / Favoured Outcome/Settlement Point
  • Steps in Negotiation – Preparation
  • Preparing for Negotiation
  • Anticipating Possible Directions of a Negotiation
  • Planning

Important Lessons in Negotiation

  • Concessions
  • Recognise Different Perceptions
  • Avoid Corners
  • Use Creativity and Imagination
  • Appreciate the Power of Silence
  • Make Trade-Offs
  • Help the Other Side to Agree
  • Take Notes
  • Value Deadlines
  • Anticipate No Agreement

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On-Site Workshops

  • All workshops are offered in-house at your offices to a minimum of 5 delegates
  • You provide the venue and refreshments, Front Foot supply all the workshop material  

Remote Workshops

  • All workshops are offered remotely to a minimum of 5 delegates
  • Front Foot supply all the electronic workshop material

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