Most good negotiators will suggest that you find common ground with the other party. This maybe a wise tactic and generally can work well. Yet, if you find this tactic being used on you, you might wish to have a strategy to make it very tough for the other person to find common ground.
Reviewing a hotel contract can be time-consuming, confusing, and frustrating. As a meeting manager, you are seeking a fair agreement that accurately and comprehensively covers your meeting arrangements. Yet the contract you receive from the hotel may be one-sided in favor of the hotel, vague in many places, and missing essential language.
Some meeting managers love to negotiate others hate it. Regardless of whether you fall into the former or latter category, negotiating is something that you have to do … and do well in order to be effective in your job.
You've bought a great suit and a pair of new shoes. You're preparing to interview for a new job for which you feel very qualified. But you need help assessing the value of your skills and experience to calculate a respectable salary. You want to pinpoint a salary that you feel confident asking for and that your future employer will feel comfortable paying you. How do you figure out what you're worth and actually get it?
Conflict is an ever-present feature of workplaces. When it is destructive, it is invariably because the participants don't know they have options. This article shows you the 7 options you always have in conflict.