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The Universal Commercial Negotiator

Course Information

Price£2,250.00 + VAT
Duration2 days
LocationLondon
Available Dates

Who Should Attend

Attendance is open to the public and is relevant to all those responsible for or involved in commercial negotiations irrespective of seniority or experience levels.

Booking Information

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 7706

Course Content

The programme content is interspersed with practical negotiation exercises and case studies across the array of negotiation types. Video is used to reinforce the delegate learning that is delivered through a detailed feedback process.

Programme Deliverables focus on increasing the delegate's capacity to implement principles and deliver significantly improved negotiation outcomes. This comes through:

  • Providing a clear understanding of fundamental negotiation concepts
  • Delivering best-practice methodology for creation and execution of negotiation strategies
  • Exploration of the human factor of how personal character traits affect negotiations
  • Personal delegate feedback to provide clarity on individual development needs
  • For colleagues, the programme delivers a clear common language which supports effective communication across teams and business functions
  • Additional support with an optional Coaching module to embed learning

Day 1

  • Introduction to general negotiation principles

- Negotiation Types; Dispute, Reactive and Proactive

  • Personal Negotiation Capability Assessment
  • Negotiation Objectives, internal communication and alignment

- Knowing our objectives and understanding those of the other party

  • The Human Factor in Negotiation

- Management of Inherent Conflict and Taking Control

- Self-Control from avoiding generosity to suppressing competitive desire

  • Power in Negotiation

- Analysis of the power state

- Power enhancement

  • Leverage; its development and use

- Positioning and Conditioning

  • Negotiation Strategy Development Process

- Planning and Communication

- Anticipative Scenario Planning

- Team Organisation

- Effective Execution

Day 2

  • The Day 2 morning is dedicated to a final case study taking the delegate through strategy development and execution from start to finish
  • Culminates in the most complex face-to-face negotiation to which the delegate will be exposed`
  • Detailed team and individual feedback
  • Negotiation Laboratory
  • Coaching session to analyse delegate negotiations (past and future) and develop the basis for the Strategic Plan
  • Delegate Personal Development Action Planning

Each delegate may opt for an additional coaching module to take place subsequent to the workshop programme.