Negotiation Training: When to Walk Away
The Black Swan Group has a saying: It’s not a sin to not get a deal, but it is a sin to not get a deal and waste a lot of time in the process....
Why Is Listening the Key to Active Communication?
Every person on this planet—regardless of where they hail from or their culture, ethnicity, or gender—wants someone else to understand their...
Overcome Your Weakness as a Negotiator: Accommodator Personality
No matter how sharp your skills are, you’re bound to have some weaknesses as a negotiator. By identifying those weaknesses and getting in enough...
Black Swan Negotiation Skills Training: Mislabels
The Black Swan Group often recommends using Labels™ to describe emotions that are displayed, verbalized, or implied but not directly articulated. In...
Negotiation Tips Post-Mortem: How to Identify Your Missteps
Here’s a negotiation tip: The world’s most effective negotiators understand that they can always sharpen their skills and improve, regardless of the...
How Social and Emotional Intelligence Leads to Strong Negotiation Skills
The best negotiators are all focused on the same thing: using Tactical Empathy™ to understand what is making their counterpart tick and influencing...
4 Ways Active Communication Can Lead to More Deals
Many humans have a hard time communicating clearly with other people. More often than not, we beat around the bush and talk in roundabout ways...
Sales Negotiation Strategies for Nonconfrontational Individuals
Every now and again, the best negotiators find themselves sitting across the table from someone who is nonconfrontational. Because we are all so...