The undesirable side effects of growth and what you can do about it

The issue with growth is that when you grow, you change. When you change, you are no longer the same person you were. If the magnitude of the growth is big, you become very different from the way you were before. You may not enjoy the same activities and jokes you...

What is the most important part of a negotiation?

Negotiation is a process of communication in which people solve a problem to reach an agreement that satisfies mutual interests. That means negotiation is not relegated to business persons, community leaders, and heads of state. We are always negotiating. Negotiation...

Negotiation

* Interests and positions are akin to disease and signs and symptoms in medicine. You want to ultimately treat the disease, not the symptoms.   What is negotiation? Negotiation is an attempt to influence or persuade a party toward a desired outcome or agreement....

The Elements of Principled Negotiations

The Elements of principled Negotiations from the Harvard Program on Negotiation The Harvard Negotiation Project developed seven elements of principled or effective negotiation. I have added an eighth, chosen synonyms for the same terms, and created a useful mnemonic...