Negotiating with Unions to Take Pay Severance Packages

Any high-ranking corporate top executive will tell you that negotiating with the unions is no easy matter and if it is not done correctly it causes a rift between management and labor and can disrupt the company for years to come. In this case, it is usually the management that must go, as the union generally stays intact because without labor you cannot run your business.

How to Read the Body Language of Buyers And Sellers

Body language or nonverbal communication is just as important as the words that are being spoken in a conversation, particularly during a sales presentation or conference.

What to Say When A Buyer Calls

Every business owner is approached from time to time by would-be buyers who express interest in courting them for acquisition. The way you handle those early interactions can make a huge difference in the likelihood of a successful and lucrative sale. Learn what to say and what questions to ask.

How To Ask For A Raise: 9 Powerful Tips

So you want to ask for a raise. You are not the only one. Most employees feel they deserve a salary raise. What are the secrets that will make you stand out from the crowd and get the raise? I've got 9 powerful tips for you. Implement the following strategies with faith and vision and you will succeed. Keep reading.

Five Strategies to Negotiate Any Sale

The sales negotiation process can seem like a miserable chore when the parties involved resort to underhanded tactics and sneaky methods to get what they want. But one of the most important aspects of effective negotiation is that everyone leaves satisfied, not feeling like they’ve been swindled out of a good deal. To prevent this cheated feeling, you need to follow a strategy for your negotiations.

How to Overcome the Top Ten Negotiating Tactics

Everyone uses negotiation tactics to get what they want, whether they’re haggling over the price of an item in a garage sale or discussing potential salary with a future employer. Most of the time, when you enter a negotiating situation you can expect the other party to use certain maneuvers to tip the scales in their favor. For example, you can expect a potential employer to offer you less money than they are actually willing to pay to give themselves negotiating room. And a buyer will usually act surprised at your stated price, no matter how reasonable it may be, to pressure you into lowering it.

The Gender Blenders—How Successful Men and Women Mix-It-Up in Negotiation

Men and women have been talking to each other, past each other and at each other ever since Adam became separated from his rib and the first gender gap was opened.

How to Negotiate Like A Pro In Long-term Negotiations

Ever notice that negotiations usually go much better when there is a history of trust from previous successful negotiations? That is no accident. The good will that is built up over the years allows the other party to accept your positions at face value. However those negotiations can get flat and you might want to try something new as well. Here are some tips to build on that long term relationships during negotiations.

Negotiating Ethically Is Not For Sissies

Negotiating isn't easy, no matter what your style. Negotiating to get what you want takes brains and backbone, regardless of whether you're gunning for your negotiating counterparts, or focusing on designing equitable solutions. You have to think through what you want and the most effective way to get it. And you have to have the moxie to follow through with your plans.

Warning: Don't Cut Prices If You Want To Stay In Business

Cutting your prices in the sales industry is common practice, yet completely unneccessary. Stick to your guns if you want your business to remain profitable.

How To Structure A Negotiation

People who are successful negotiators, always have a well thought out strategy before entering into the negotiation, are well prepared, self confident and structure the negotiation, so that they remain in control of the negotiating process.

Negotiations Between Artist and Gallery-Contracts Must Be Clear, Flattery Gets Ya Nowhere Pt. 3

A few questions for an artist to ask a new gallery: Who pays the shipping costs? To and From. Is there insurance, if so with who? and for how much? Is there a trial period? Who, what, where is the gallery owner?

Ecological Negotiation

Objections are critically important in successful negotiations and taking into account all objections is ecological. That is, it takes into account varying components of the system. Negotiations often prove a failure after the fact because one or more of the parties does not express their objections to the proposed settlement. Then, after the negotiation is over, they start to feel shortchanged and don’t abide by the agreement.

Negotiation Pro Says: Leave Them Feeling They Made A Great Deal!

One of the most important tricks of the best negotiators is they make YOU feel you got a great deal. But there's a right way and a wrong way to do it, according to Dr. Gary S. Goodman, best-selling author, top negotiation speaker, seminar provider, and consultant. Goodman, a popular radio and TV commentator, reveals how car dealers play to our egos, making us feel we won, which makes us run back to them with money in hand, time and again.