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We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated soothingly by NPR announcer Bob Edwards, Fisher adds the meaty portions of the material with a sense of playfulness. The blend of voices makes this tape easy to listen to, especially the real-life negotiating scenarios, in which negotiating examples are given. This is a must-have tape for every businessperson's car. (Running time: one hour, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins.
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We've all been there: We know we must confront a coworker, store clerk, or friend about some especially sticky situation--and we know the encounter will be uncomfortable So we repeatedly mull it over until we can no longer put it off, and then finally stumble through the confrontation. Difficult Conversations, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, offers advice for handling these unpleasant exchanges in a manner that accomplishes their objective and diminishes the possibility that anyone will be needlessly hurt. The authors, associated with Harvard Law School and the Harvard Project on Negotiation, show how such dialogues actually comprise three separate components: the "what happened" conversation (verbalizing what we believe really was said and done), the "feelings" conversation (communicating and acknowledging each party's emotional impact), and the "identity" conversation (expressing the situation's underlying personal meaning). The explanations and suggested improvements are, admittedly, somewhat complicated. And they certainly don't guarantee positive results. But if you honestly are interested in elevating your communication skills, this book will walk you through both mistakes and remedies in a way that will boost your confidence when such unavoidable clashes arise. --Howard Rothman.
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The award-winning guide to business negotiation used by top negotiators and training programs all over the world—completely updated and revised

As director of the renowned Wharton Executive Negotiation Workshop, Professor G. Richard Shell has taught thousands of business leaders, administrators, and other professionals how to survive and thrive in the sometimes rough-and-tumble world of negotiation. His systematic, step- by-step approach comes to life in this book, which is available in over ten foreign editions and combines lively storytelling, proven tactics, and reliable insights gleaned from the latest negotiation research.

This updated edition includes:
• A brand-new “Negotiation I.Q.” test designed by Shell and used by executives at the Wharton workshop that reveals each reader’s unique strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator
• A concise manual on how to avoid the perils and pitfalls of online negotiations involving e-mail and instant messaging
• A detailed look at how gender and cultural differences can derail negotiations, and advice for putting talks back on track.
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Let's say you're trying to convince a new employer to sweeten its job offer to you. Or perhaps you're buying or selling a company Or maybe you're even solving for peace in the Middle East. If any of these scenarios is yours, Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro, and their colleagues at the Harvard Negotiation Project have ideas that they would like to share. Fisher's previous book, Getting to Yes, stands today as a seminal work in negotiations theory. Businesspeople in a wide variety of industries have drawn from the book's tips for deal-making and its larger framework for "interest-based negotiation", which focuses on understanding each side's interests and working together to produce proverbial win-win outcomes. In Beyond Reason, Fisher and Shapiro go one step further.

To the authors' credit, they started this new book with a clear understanding of the previous one's chief shortcoming. Though Getting to Yes introduced a powerful paradigm for negotiations, it did not fully address a critical element of most deals: emotions, and the messy human details that can distract from purely rational decision-making. If both negotiators are consistently lucid, fair, and calm, the game has a certain set of rules, but if--as in most situations--the different parties get excited, angry, sad, insulted, and so on, then those rules change. That expanded focus forms the basis for Beyond Reason.

Fisher and Shapiro have structured this latest work around five key emotions which they identify as most critical to productive negotiations. Even though each situation has its own dynamics, they point to appreciation, affiliation, autonomy, status, and role as the most important for making each party comfortable enough to grasp the principles of rationality that maximize the chances for a win-win result.

Critics may deride this book as still too simplistic, too black-and-white, and unappreciative of life's shades of gray. The authors' pragmatic bent comes in the book's final two chapters. One takes readers through the overall process for negotiations--not just the parry-and-thrust of conversations with the other party, but also pre-conversation preparation. It's in this preparatory stage, the authors contend, where a thoughtful consideration of potential emotional dynamics can help prevent later problems. To synthesize many of the lessons they impart, Fisher and Shapiro then close their work by inviting guest commentary from the former President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad, who explains how he applied interest-based negotiations theory to highly charged negotiations between his country and Peru, on a border dispute in the late 1990s. It's this kind of real-life application of Fisher and Shapiro's theories that continue to give them relevance. --Peter Han.
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Secrets of Power Negotiating covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice: from beginning steps to critical final moves, how to recognize unethical tactics, key principles to the Power Negotiating strategy, why money is not as important as everyone thinks, negotiating pressure points, understanding the other party and gaining the upper hand, and analyses of different negotiating styles.

And Power Negotiating can be applied to any situation:
- Business owners will learn how to dramatically improve profits.
- Managers will learn how to become dynamic leaders.
- Parents will discover how to shape their child's future.
- Salespeople will learn how to build-and protect-their bottom line.
- All readers will find how to develop power and control over their ability to get what they want-in all areas of their lives..
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Praise for Subliminal Persuasion

"If you want to understand how to give your messages persuasive impact, this book gives you the right tools at the right time. Persuasion = profit, and this book is your guide."
-Chet Holmes, author of The Ultimate Sales Machine

"I love this book-Dave has broken down the psychology and subtleties of subliminal persuasion and made them profitably accessible, so you can leverage it in your own sales and marketing efforts."
-Joel Bauer, author of How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to Be Persuaded and Gravitational Marketing: The Science of Attracting Customers

"Dave Lakhani reveals secrets that are making ad agencies salivate. These tactics should only be studied by those who aren't intellectually squeamish or intimidated by being brutally effective."
-Ben Mack, author of Think Two Products Ahead

"Dave Lakhani has written the first original work on subliminal persuasion that I have seen in years. Part of me wishes he wouldn't share this information with the rest of the world, so I would be the only one with access to it!"

-Michael Lovitch, CEO, Hypnosisnetwork.com

"Dave teaches you the fine art of consumer seduction and subliminal persuasion in a way that will change how you approach sales and marketing forever. If you want results read this book!"
-Glenn Dietzel, CEO, Awakened LLC, and author of Author and Grow Rich

"The psychological techniques of subliminal persuasion Dave Lakhani reveals in this book are sure to move people to action without them even knowing they've been influenced. These persuasion tools are amazingly powerful and easy for anyone to use."
-Dr. Mollie Marti, author of The 12 Factors of Business Success: Discover, Develop, and Leverage Your Strengths.
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Negotiation-whether hammering out a great job offer, settling a dispute with a client, drafting a contract, or making trade-offs between business units-is both a necessary and challenging aspect of business life. In the business world, confident negotiators are always in high demand. Bringing a difficult negotiation to a successful conclusion can be one of the most exhilarating-and valuable-aspects of business today. Packed with practical advice and handy tools, Negotiation will help any manager sharpen skills and yield a sizable payoff. Contents include:

Preparing the necessary information before a negotiation

Managing multiparty negotiations

Assessing the position of the opposing side

Determining your sources of power and authority in a negotiation

Recognizing the barriers to agreement and how to overcome them

Plus, readers can access free interactive tools on the Harvard Business Essentials companion web site.

Series Adviser: Michael Watkins

Associate Professor Michael Watkins does research on negotiation and leadership. He is the coauthor of Right From the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role (HBS Press, 1999) and the author of Taking Charge in Your New Leadership Role: A Workbook (HBS Publishing, 2001), both of which examine how new leaders coming into senior management positions should spend their first six months on the job.

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