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About “Investigative Negotiation”

The article “Investigative Negotiation” from Harvard Business Review presents a comprehensive approach to negotiation, emphasizing the importance of understanding the other party’s perspective. Here are the key concepts: The article also provides several examples to illustrate these principles, emphasizing the importance of asking questions, mitigating the other party’s constraints, interpreting demands as opportunities, creating common […]

The Power of SMARTnership: Transforming Negotiations into Win-Win Opportunities

In the world of business, negotiation is a critical important skill. It’s the art and comprehensive science of reaching an agreement through dialogue, where both parties involved have their interests at stake. Traditional negotiation methods often revolve around a zero-sum game, where one party’s gain is the other party’s loss. However, Keld Jensen’s SMARTnership approach […]

Mastering the Negotiator’s Dilemma: Unlock Success with MESOs

Navigating the complexity of negotiations involves balancing contrasting principles: cooperation and competition, both pivotal in their own right. The dynamic tension between these principles can often pose a “negotiator’s dilemma”. Can this equilibrium be managed? Yes, indeed, through an innovative strategy called Multiple Equivalent Simultaneous Offers (MESOs). Two schools of thought dominate the negotiation arena: […]

Welcome to Impact Negotiating: Charting a Path Towards Effective Bargaining

Our mission at Impact Negotiating is to support individuals and organizations with practical, efficient, and potent negotiating services, enabling them to navigate their personal and professional lives with confidence and ease. We are passionate about helping people unlock their objectives, their potential and we are eager to share our expertise and experiences as an avenue […]