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The Art of War and Negotiation
12 Negotiation Lessons from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War I recently read the classic military strategy book, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, written around 500 B.C. in China. Not only was it fascinating, but I was struck by the number of negotiation lessons in it. Here are my...
Trump Out-Negotiated by Turkey’s Erdoğan in Syrian Situation
“Are we so weak and inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey!?” said U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) a week or so ago, referring to the negotiations between President Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
3 Strategies for Negotiating When Outside Influences Weigh In
3 Strategies for Negotiating When Outside Influences Weigh In by Marty Latz | Tips “Our deal was almost done when my client’s silent partner decided not to be silent. He threw a wrench into the process that almost cratered the transaction. And it made us look bad. How...
Trump’s Presidential Negotiation Moves: An Expert’s Assessment
“Sorry. It’s the way I negotiate,” President Donald Trump responded when asked about his conflicting tweets, inconsistent messages, and dizzying back-and-forth moves on the China trade war front 10 days ago. “It’s done very well for me over the years, and it’s doing...
Powerful Stories Influence Negotiations
I’ve always enjoyed a good story. Sometimes it has an important point. Other times not. But if it’s interesting and entertaining, it’s usually worthwhile. I also tell a bunch of negotiation stories in my training programs. They not only make my programs more...
Video: Was Negotiation Book “Getting to Yes” a Failure?
Video: Was Negotiation Book "Getting to Yes" a Failure? Below is a partial transcript of the video. Keld "Welcome back if you'd be watching us previously I am happy to introduce Marty and Karen here today. Both of them has been on our show previously, and ladies...
Teach Negotiation More Effectively and Save Time
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Best Negotiation Books of All Time
A colleague recently asked me to recommend the best negotiation book ever - other than my own, of course (Gain the Edge! and The Real Trump Deal). Here are my top two general negotiation books plus my top two more niche-oriented negotiation books. Get Book1. Getting...
4 Ways to Negotiate More Efficiently
“How can we more efficiently negotiate our deal terms and conditions? It can take months for our lawyers to go back and forth on the documents, and the business teams get frustrated. We’ve even lost some deals as a result. Can’t we do this more efficiently?” A large...
6 Winning Negotiation Lessons from Game of Thrones
6 Winning Negotiation Lessons from Game of Thrones By Marty Latz“This will be a difficult negotiation. We’re sitting down with people who want to see us both headless… You need to take your enemies’ side if you’re going to see things the way they do. And you need to...
Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It: Lessons from an FBI Hostage Negotiator
Law school helped teach me that rational, logical, analytical, fact and evidence-based propositions can be powerful ways to achieve success in legal environments, especially in written motions to judges and presentations in complex cases to juries. This approach can...
Clothes Envy Makes a Difference in Deal Making
Are you dressing for success? A recent study reveals how clothing can be a big deal in deal making, but probably not in the way you suspect. My 13-year-old son recently joined me at a conference that included leading figures from a wide variety of fields – the common...
Golden Rule Five: Control the Agenda
Agenda control constitutes a critical element in all negotiations. If, when and how we address issues affects our results. So does setting the appropriate atmosphere in which to most effectively explore the substantive issues. Learn how to set up your agenda to get the results you seek.
Learning Negotiating Skills as Kids Will Pay Off for a Lifetime
Negotiation is a fundamental life skill and core competency in almost everything we do. Kids who learn negotiation early, will benefit from it for a lifetime.
Latz’s Lessons: Best of 2018
Latz’s Lessons: Best of 2018 Last year I shared the inaugural Latz’s Lessons - a compilation of the crucial lessons from my 2017 monthly columns. Here’s the 2018 edition, with a few extras from previous years included too. And in case you missed my inaugural...
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