Course Title Advanced Negotiation Skills
Duration 2 Days
Fees   £545 + VAT
  Courses can also be provided very cost effectively in house
Course Objectives Those who negotiate in any commercial, contractual or operational  role and who need to get to grips with the basics of negotiation
Who will benefit? Those who need to get more from vendors
Course Content

Negotiation - the fundamentals

Skills required to be a successful negotiator

  • What’s negotiation all about?
  • Establishing what you want from the negotiation
  • Short and long term view
  • The ‘3 P’s of negotiation
    • Plan
    • Play
    • Perform
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Listening techniques
  • Verbal skills
  • Observation skills
  • Planning skills
  • Communication skills and body language
  • Sources of power in negotiation

 

Negotiating to ‘win’

Preparing your plan

  • Negotiation – is it a contest?
  • Common respect
  • Conducting the negotiation positively
  • Concept of ‘win-win’ explained
  • Introduction to the APO negotiation planning tool
  • Establishing your negotiating strengths and weaknesses
  • Strengthening your position
  • How to avoid weakening your position

 

Teamwork and negotiation

Planning for negotiation

  • Avoiding the pitfalls
  • Having a common objective
  • Maintaining consensus
  • A quick method
  • A more comprehensive model

 

Developing your negotiation strategy

Tactics and how to use them

  • How to strengthen your buying position
  • How to avoid weakening your position
  • Creativity and its part in negotiation
  • Innovative bargaining techniques
  • Review of different tactics
  • Choosing the right one

 

Trading concessions

Inter-active role-play
  • Review of different tactics
  • Choosing the right one