Category Archives: Negotiation Skills

Why You Need Better Than BATNA: Formulating a Defensible “Walk Away” Rationale in Negotiations

Mladen Kresic — January 23, 2018 Follow @KRNegotiators — January 23, 2018   Either through becoming emotionally invested, getting pressure from leadership or being unable to analyze key factors that should indicate retreat, business negotiators often find themselves spending long amounts of time on deals of diminishing — or even illusory — value. One of … Continue reading Why You Need Better Than BATNA: Formulating a Defensible “Walk Away” Rationale in Negotiations

A New Model for Negotiating Alliances That Last

Jeanette Nyden — August 18, 2017 Follow @JeanetteNyden — August 18, 2017 DasWortgewand / Pixabay Cheryl Jones, Director Corporate Alliances for Starbucks, addressed the Women’s Business Owner’s luncheon in Seattle, Washington. In her presentation, Cheryl stressed the growing importance of creating alliances as a primary way to increase product to market profitability and vertical marketing … Continue reading A New Model for Negotiating Alliances That Last

Negotiating The Best Deals With Influencers – The Ultimate Influencer Pricing Formula!

Mona Hellenkemper — August 3, 2017 — August 3, 2017 If it’s true that celebrity Selena Gomez earns 550,000 Dollars per Instagram post and beauty influencer Huda Kattan demands 18,000, influencer marketing must be a costly business for companies, wouldn’t it? Even though different factors impact the pricing of influencers, we are asked “How much … Continue reading Negotiating The Best Deals With Influencers – The Ultimate Influencer Pricing Formula!

Negotiating With Procrastination: A Slick Brain Hack to Get Productive Again

Luis Alvarado — December 23, 2016 — December 23, 2016 Procrastination. The enemy of productivity and a word that brings an instant frown to the face of many. Benefiting from an unresourceful habit We are taught from an early age not to “leave things ‘til the last minute.” The consequences that follow when we do … Continue reading Negotiating With Procrastination: A Slick Brain Hack to Get Productive Again

Negotiation Strategy – Positioning the Glass as Half Full

Richard Ruff — December 9, 2016 Follow @saleshorizons— December 9, 2016 Negotiation Strategy There are a substantial number of skill sets and bodies of knowledge that constitute the discipline of sales negotiation. In the end, however, the ability to craft and execute a thoughtful and creative plan for the negotiation is a bottom line for … Continue reading Negotiation Strategy – Positioning the Glass as Half Full