Early contract termination and renegotiation

Market dynamics may render a contract undesirable. Know how to handle that in a contract.

Collaborative due diligence for acquisition or sale

Getting to bargaining arena quickly without confrontation

Three facets Negotiation

So you can negotiate skillfully. You know how to prepare, dialog, and make proposals. Have you uncovered most of the possible entities for making a deal? Dealing with a limited set can undercut outcomes and undermine your skills and tactics. The owners talked with several private equity companies to sell their Market Research company serving […]

Use of the “first right of refusal.”

A “first right of refusal” in an agreement can deliver a win-win outcome.

Setting a negotiation agenda

Convincing the more powerful party to negotiate

Creativity in resource allocation negotiations

An uninspired compromise is not a “Win-Win.”

Engaging an agent for acquisition negotiations

The skilled agent-negotiators can almost always lead parties to trade better and realize their goals.

Five ways to handle the other side’s biases

Suppose a negotiation is at a deadlock. Can you objectively analyze the causes? Often there is a tendency to blame the other side’s opinions for the impasse. Such assumptions will not help a negotiation move forward. In my book, “The World is a bazaar. Life is a negotiation, ” I encourage the reader to ask […]