Want to reflect on common assumptions we make about negotiations and our development as negotiators? Take the Assumptions Menu questionnaire.

What assumptions would you add to it?

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right”

is one of my favorite quotes, attributed to Henry Ford. ?

It sums up the importance of choosing our mindsets wisely, as they become self-fulfilling prophecies: assumptions shape our actions, actions shape our results, and results shape our assumptions. ?

The good news is that it is our choice to be VICTIM or AUTHOR.

Let’s:
a) challenge limiting mindsets (I am not able, my capabilities are fixed, I am a victim of the world and there is nothing I can do) and
b) adopt empowering mindsets (I can do it, I can improve, I am the author of my life and can work to shape the world) ?

If I don’t believe I can run a marathon, I am unlikely to train, or even to sign up for one – making my limiting belief a reality.

If I believe I can, I will sign up for a marathon, get a training plan and maybe a coach, join a running group, train well, eat well, rest well, start the marathon, hydrate, fuel up, persist… – and make my empowering belief a reality. ?‍?‍?‍

If I believe I cannot negotiate something, I am unlikely to prepare for it, or even to start negotiating.

If I decide I can, I will set appropriate goals, gather a team, develop capabilities, prepare, and work as necessary to achieve them. ?

Let’s negotiate our ‘Negotiations Impossible’!

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A one-pager summarizing the ‘Harvard Model’s seven elements’, with trigger questions to prepare any kind of negotiation.

Perhaps the only tool needed to dramatically improve negotiation results: quick to learn and powerful – a great return on investment. ?

Click here or the image to check the document with two examples for a generic job negotiation: very simple vs. more detailed. ?

Happy negotiations! ?

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Enter ChatGPT! ?

ChatGPT can be our tireless 24/7 role play buddy, ready to play any role we need.

To make it easier to instruct ChatGPT, here is our Negotiation Role Play Generator (requires a Google account to create and edit your own copy).

Try it with your own negotiation challenge (or the job interview example) and let us know how to improve it.

Wish you insightful role plays and happy impact negotiations!

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Below we include a summary of each case’s dynamics (from LKYSPP). They can all be accessed for free here at the LKYSPP Case Study Library. Copyright © 2021 LKYSPP (All rights reserved. Cases can only be used for teaching purposes). To obtain the corresponding Teaching Notes, please contact LKYSPP’s Case Study Unit (lkysppcase@nus.edu.sg).

1. Miracle Plant Rafflesia Keya
Party A: Lizer Pharmaceuticals
Party B: Moche Pharma
Lizer Pharmaceuticals and Moche Pharma, two leading global pharmaceutical companies, negotiate over a plantation of a prodigy plant with medicinal properties, Rafflesia Keya. The Indonesian Government has decided to open a small part of the forest where Rafflesia Keya is found. In the interest of supporting the development of life-saving drugs, the Indonesian Government has allowed both companies to negotiate with each other and come to a consensus on how to divide the licence to the land.

2. Future of Oneiro
Party A: Education Minister
Party B: Chief Secretary of the Education Ministry
This is a two-party, workplace negotiation role play set in the Ministry of Education of the fictitious Southeast Asian country of Oneiro. The parties are the Minister of Education and the Chief Secretary in the Ministry of Education. In recent times, there has been a lot of conflict between the two with respect to an upcoming policy regarding giving away free tablets to every rural household and has led to a zero-trust work environment.

3. Vaccine Diplomacy
Party A: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jeewan
Party B: Foreign Affairs Minister of Elysia
It is the year of the biggest challenge that humanity has faced since the great world wars: the pandemic unleashed by a new strain of coronavirus. In the midst of a pandemic, vaccines are sought after globally. This is a multi-issue negotiation between two countries – Jeewan, which has developed the CORO-PROTECT vaccine, and Elysia, which hopes to manufacture the vaccine and procure it for its vulnerable population. Several variables are at play such as an upcoming election, the need for raw materials for the vaccine, production support, and other diplomatic considerations.

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The book was coordinated by Tania Almeida. Samantha Pelajo and Eva Jonathan, and co-authored by dozens of specialists on mediation.

It includes a chapter on “International Mediation” contributed by Pluris (Nuno Delicado and Horacio Falcão). The chapter offers a framework to analyze the implications for mediation of different cross-cultural settings (e.g., different combinations of cultural preferences by the mediator and each of the parties), using Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions (Power Distance, Individualism vs Collectivism, Masculinity vs Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long-term Orientation), and adding Edward Hall’s Direct/Indirect Communication. It also offers guidance on how to develop the profile of an international mediator, and on potential paths to work in the field.

Click here to purchase or to read an excerpt.

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In today’s episode Virginia da Graca and her colleague Nuno Delicado share a tremendous challenge they faced which we all fear— that is, having less funding for programming. But in this case, their funding wasn’t just slashed a few thousand dollars— it actually went from an annual budget of $77,000 to zero— yes, ZERO.

Of course I don’t expect you to dump all your funding tomorrow to be in a similar situation, but I think this episode will make you challenge your assumptions around what is possible in working with communities as well as how much can be done with a team committed to your mission.

Click here or the image to access the podcast.

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I hosted this webinar, as part of the series of webinars aimed at social entrepreneurs developed by the EIB Institute* in collaboration with Católica-Lisbon (link to the webinar page on EIB’s website).

Win-lose negotiations often generate unpleasant dynamics and poor outcomes. However, there are also many misconceptions associated with win-win negotiations. In this webinar, common mistakes in win-win negotiations were discussed in order to help entrepreneurs build awareness of them and improve negotiation results through conscious practice. The goal of the webinar was to help them get more of what they want (while building healthy relationships).

*The EIB Institute was set up within the EIB Group (European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund) to promote and support social, cultural, and academic initiatives with European stakeholders and the public at large

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Impact assessment may not be rocket science, but it is also not the most linear process. Unlike financial accounting, there are not yet Generally Accepted Impact Assessment Principles to follow. Or “impact accountants” that we can hire to prepare our impact reports. That may explain why, while agreeing assessing impact is important, many organizations still don’t do it and hesitate to make it a true priority.

Contents:
1. Identify Objectives
2. Define the Theory of Change
3. Choose Indicators
4. Collect Data
5. Analyze Data
6. Report Impact
7. Take Action

Click here or the image to read.

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Alternatively, here is a summarized write up of the interview, in The DeFacto Gazette.

Thanks so much, Mr. Jargal DeFacto for such an enjoyable interview covering what I love in life – really appreciate your interest and powerful questions.

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