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The art of martech vendor negotiations

Strategic preparation and emotional awareness are key for negotiating win-win martech deals. Talisha Padgett on December 6, 2023 Negotiating with martech vendors requires a strategic approach that goes beyond budget considerations. From defining core needs to mastering emotional intelligence, here is a roadmap to navigate the nuances of vendor dynamics. Dealing with martech vendors Martech … Continue reading The art of martech vendor negotiations

It’s Time to Digitally Transform Contract Review and Negotiations

David Parks March 4, 2021 As I mentioned in earlier blogs, companies are under significant pressure to digitally transform their business processes and contract negotiation is no exception. Contracts are the backbone of the modern organization, and many have turned to Digital Contract Transformation (DCX) to digitize their contracts and contract lifecycle management (CLM) processes. … Continue reading It’s Time to Digitally Transform Contract Review and Negotiations

What You Need to Know About Integrative Negotiations

Steven Imke — June 14, 2020 Negotiations can fall into one of 2 camps. Distributive negotiations and Integrative negotiations. In this post, we discuss what you need to know about integrative negotiations. Unlike distributive negotiations where each party tries to negotiate a single item such as the price of an item, integrative negotiation entails several … Continue reading What You Need to Know About Integrative Negotiations

What You Need to Know About Distributive Negotiations

Steven Imke — June 5, 2020 Negotiations can fall into one of 2 camps- Distributive negotiations and Integrative negotiations. In this post, we discuss what you need to know about distributive negotiations. Distributive negotiation is the process of dividing up the value pie during negotiations. Distributive negotiation can be thought of as haggling. Distributive negotiations … Continue reading What You Need to Know About Distributive Negotiations

How to Keep Your Cool – Even in Tense Negotiations

Mladen Kresic — August 9, 2019 Follow @KRNegotiators — August 9, 2019 I have written quite a bit about how to sharpen you and your team’s professional negotiation skills to close larger deals, faster. However, there are many times professionals lose otherwise quality deals because the seller, the buyer or both, can’t keep their calm … Continue reading How to Keep Your Cool – Even in Tense Negotiations

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