Course Outline
Day One
Effective negotiations and negotiators:
- Defining negotiation and determining when to negotiate
- What makes a great negotiator?
- Video case studies
- The steps of preparation
Personality types:
- The benefits of knowing personality styles
-Understand each personality style
-Identify your own personality style
-Know how to work more effectively with each personality style while
negotiating
-Know which negotiation strategy to choose based on relationship and results
-Define positional bargaining
-Know the differences between " Soft" and " Hard" negotiating
-Understand principled negotiation
-Know the four steps in the negotiation process
Types of negotiation:
- Buyer-seller
- Distribution
Preparing for negotiation:
- Hot buttons
- Dealing with emotion
- Identify fears and learn how to overcome them
- Understand what drives your negotiation partner
-Define your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiation agreement), WAP (walk away point) and ZOPA (zone of possible agreement)
-Prepare for your personal negotiation situation
Opening the negotiation:
- Creating a positive first impression
-The importance of common ground
- Likeability
- Influencing skills
- Negotiation ground rules
Day Two
Exchanging information and bargaining:
- How to exchange information
- What is your contingency plan?
- Bargaining techniques
Talking about conditions and compromising:
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Identifying needs
- Accepting, giving and rejecting proposals
- Discussing and breaking deadlocks
- Types of conflict
- Managing the conflict
Negotiation strategies
- An introduction to positions
- How to manage emotions
- Bargaining and concessions
- Dealing with pressure
- Tricks and traps
Handling opposition
- Getting to yes
Closing the negotiation
- Move from bargaining to closing
Taking part in a practice negotiation:
- Preparing yourself, your team and your position
- Backup plans
- Strategies
- Reflections, feedback and action planning
Conflict resolution
- Sometimes overzealous negotiations can create internal friction in the workplace
- PUGSS conflict resolution techniques
Requirements
Audience
Middle and Senior Management
No prior knowledge is required – We presume that participants will have prior experience. However absolute beginners can greatly benefit from taking part in this course as well.
Delivery Options
Private Group Training
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- Bespoke outlines
- Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners
- Training scheduled on a date of your choice
- Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience
Private Group Prices RRP from €4560 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, €1440 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.
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