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5. Know yourself.
Know your own weaknesses. If you are a more gentle personality your natural aversion to conflict may toss you into concessions that aren't necessary! If this is you, learn about yourself and take counter action. If you are overly stubborn and never give way to minor points, know this about yourself. Your stubbornness, holding out for 100% your own way, may cause you to lose a really great deal!
6. Back up your position with logic.
If you negotiate from a purely emotional position, emotion will sway you from your position. Fear of loss, sense of failure, conflict, pressure, sentiment! All can be applied to sway you from sticking to what you really want. When negotiating for a pay rise know what similar companies are paying for similar work. When placing an offer on a house substantiate your lower offer with
costs of repaving
driveway, renovating
bathroom, retiling
entrance….or whatever you see needs doing. This is a much stronger position than plucking a number out of thin air!
7. Work out what you can concede.
Find something in
deal that for you will not be important but for your counterpart may be of significance. This will be like gold to you! A 'sweetener' can be what clinches
bargain in your favour. You will need to be poker faced and pretend this is a big deal to concede! Save this item for
final offer you make.
8. Have an exit strategy.
If everything goes against you, you will be saved by your contingency planning! If you don't feel in control, stop talking. Immediately!!! Make sure you are listening to
other person. If you are doing most of
talking
chances are you are doing most of
conceding. Offer to break
meeting and reconvene at another time when you have been able to consider what has already been put forward.
Skillful negotiation takes time and practice. Armed with these basic skills it doesn't matter how reticient you may feel towards negotiating an outcome you want! By applying these keys you will be well positioned to improve your negotiation skills and feel more empowered when approaching tricky situations.
(c) Kim Beardsmore

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