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Negotiating & Influencing Skills |
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"Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated."
B.C Forbes
Negotiation plays a key role in everyday business life, from the more obvious sales pitch to the negotiation for limited resources. We may have to negotiate with external customers or suppliers and internally for budgets, time, even salaries. Many perceive negotiations to be a game in which there are winners and losers and find the whole concept or process uncomfortable. This course provides delegates with positive strategies for achieving 'win-win' outcomes in their negotiations, building confidence and skills.
Learning objectives
| ☼ Recognising the types of negotiation and their relative merits |
| ☼ Feel confident in planning for negotiations |
| ☼ Develop the interpersonal skills required for flexible win-win outcomes |
| ☼ Build long term business relationships |
Course content
| ☼ Defining negotiation & the various approaches |
| ☼ Exploring personal beliefs around negotiation techniques |
| ☼ Negotiation versus influencing |
| ☼ The 8 steps of 'win-win' negotiations |
| ☼ Creating a strategic 'game-plan'. |
| ☼ Clarity around negotiables, non-negotiables and concessions |
| ☼ The other person's perspective: second positioning |
| ☼ Differentiating between the 'position' and the 'interest' |
| ☼ Building Rapport |
| ☼ Questioning & listening skills |
| ☼ Negotiation strategies and recognising the 6 types of power |
| ☼ Closing skills |
| ☼ Practical games and exercises |
Course techniques & materials
Role play, high interaction, a dose of Transactional Analysis and NLP, a workable negotiation model, work books and slide sets to aid skill development and confidence. Take a quick self-assessment of your own 'Influencing competencies' to determine your areas of strength and areas for development.
Course duration: 1 day
Course Fee: £375/delegate. Refreshments are provided (discounts apply for group bookings)
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