Negotiation Skills Training Course - One Day
- How to negotiate mutually beneficial solutions
- Don’t give concessions, instead trade them
- Prepare your negotiation strategy in advance
- How to avoid giving away too much for free
- Perfect your communication style
- How to manage emotions
- Learn about the “Games negotiators play”
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Training course was excellent. The content was specific and very applicable to my workplace. The trainer's presentation was excellent with good use of examples from all aspect of life, not just the working environment. Very engaging and not at all like some other training courses which lose interest.
Negotiation Skills Training - One Day Course Overview
Day One - Morning
- What is negotiation?
- Why negotiation is a vital skill?
- The twelve tools of effective negotiation:
- Memorise the five-part negotiation process
- Decide your ideal outcome
- Organise your priorities
- What are your bargaining chips?
- Decide your negotiation strategy
Day One - Afternoon
- Maintain a professional communication style
- Beware of giving away too much
- Know how to say No
- Trade concessions never give them away
- Negotiation is often an evolutionary process
- Watch out for these “game plays”
- Keep accurate written notes
- Exercises and practice
- Summary action planning
Negotiation Skills Training - Morning
Negotiation is a set of skills that will allow you to find mutually beneficial solutions that protect your interests, while satisfying the other persons needs / wants.
There are specific circumstances where you are likely to need negotiation skills:
- With friends and colleagues
- With buyers and sellers
- In conflict situations
In any negotiation, there are three realms to consider:
- The solutions that you would prefer.
- The solutions that the other person would prefer.
- The solutions that are logically possible.
The intersection of these three fields, (i.e. all the solutions that are mutually desirable and that are also logically possible), we will call ‘The Optimum Zone’.
Negotiation is a process that creates long term, mutually beneficial solutions.
Negotiation is a process by which all parties should achieve a benefit.
What negotiation is NOT
Negotiation is not the act of appeasement and surrender: Negotiation is not the act of continuing to give multiple concessions to the other person until he-she is happy and has everything he-she wants.
And negotiation is not simply saying, “Here is my offer, take it or leave it!”
Negotiation is the application of the following twelve skills.
The twelve skills of effective negotiation.
1. Learn the five-part negotiation process
The negotiation process is a five-part circular model, that looks like this:
2. Decide your ideal outcome
Before the negotiation you should map out your ideal solution.
- What do you want?
- What do you need?
- What do you not want?
In addition, you should make some intelligent assumptions about what the other party wants, needs and does not want.
3. Organise your priorities
Not all your desires have the same importance.
What are your priorities?
In addition, you should think about what the other person's priorities may be.
4. What are your bargaining chips?
What concessions are you willing and able to make?
In what order should you make them?
Identify your bargaining chips.
In addition, you might think about what the other persons bargaining chips may be.
5. Decide your negotiation strategy
Use the above information to plan out your negotiation strategy.
In addition, you may try to predict what the other sides negotiation strategy might be.
Negotiation Skills Training - Afternoon
The course content was structurally well organised and had a good set of exercises, the training manual was easy to read and understand. The trainer's presentation was engaging and interactive. The audience felt involved and I learnt some new techniques.
In-House Training Course Pricing and Proposal
This course is available from just £1,950 +VAT per day as a bespoke in-house group training course in the UK and worldwide.
It has been designed to provide a similar experience to our open courses, however we can tailor the content to fit your specific needs. In-House Group training costs from just £1,950 +VAT per day (international training price varies). Plus, hotel accommodation for trainer if necessary. (Premier Inn type: not the Hilton!)
This price includes:
- Quality training delivered by an experienced trainer
- Full days training
- Full colour course handbook
- Preparation work
- Travel costs and time
- Written action plan to take away
- Access to our post course portal
- Access to our on-line leadership and management decision matrix templates and tools
- Plus three months FREE telephone coaching to answer any on-going questions
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The course content was quite detailed, but the presentation broke it down so that it wasn't too daunting. Covered a lot of ground in two days. Really informative. The trainer's presentation was excellent. The best training presentation I have ever seen.
Negotiation Skills Training Course Summary
Negotiation is the business of finding a solution, to protect your interests yet satisfying the other person’s requirements. You may be negotiating with your customers or your trading partners, alternatively you could be negotiating in conflict situations within your organisation.
The art of negotiation is trading concessions. It is important not to give away too much, without receiving something in return. All parties involved in the negotiation should be seen to gain a benefit.
On this one-day in-house Negotiation Skills training course, we cover how to plan your negotiation strategy, organising your priorities in order of importance, deciding on your bargaining chips and what your ideal outcome would be. We examine how to communicate effectively and professionally during the negotiation process and how to say ‘no’ firmly and politely when you have reached your bottom line.