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Melanie Lilley - Womens in Negotiation
  • Melanie Lilley
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In my role as a negotiation coach, tutor and facilitator (a role...

words influencing negotiation
  • Andy Marko
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Let me ask you some questions: Are only highly trained diplomats and...

ENS Q&A February 2022
  • Robert Jenkins
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THE QUESTION How do you see the interplay between companies investing large...

yes but no
  • ENS Team
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When dealing with wily negotiators who are powerfully driven by personal needs you sometimes need to strengthen your acceptance with reservations and conditions.

  • ENS Team
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'We're in discussions…' announces one side. 'We're in ongoing negotiations' states the other. This interesting variation in their choice of words is significant as each side is trying to play up or play down the importance of what is in fact occurring.

when is a deadlock not a deadlock
  • ENS Team
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Changing Negotiators is a classic manoeuvre to get you out of a DEADLOCK. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send his only sister, Kim Yo-jong to the Opening Ceremony at the Winter Olympics making a Process manoeuvre proving that if we appreciate the importance of separating Process (the ‘How’) from Content (the ‘What’), there is no such thing as a DEADLOCK.

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8 manieren om een hardere onderhandelaar te zijn

  • ENS Team
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A lot of our recent professional momentum comes from working within organisations with hundreds of employees managing massive teams, dealing with complex stakeholder relationships and nutting out complex technical multi-party agreements.

Which Are The Best Questions to Create Peace
  • ENS Team
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With recent headlines filling the news of nations ready to take arms; are there useful lessons to learn from past negotiations to bring back peace?

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Een aantal jaren terug hebben we een aantal klanten geïnterviewd over hun mening over het concept Win/Win. De meeste respondenten...

  • ENS Team
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A number of years ago, ENSI surveyed clients on their views regarding the concept of ‘win/win’. Most respondees indicated they experienced the term as a persuasive ‘you need to give me more…’ tactic, and not about seeking a genuine ‘win/win’.

  • ENS Team
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Oh really? On the contrary, women are always negotiating. We just don’t give ourselves credit for it – in fact do we actually realize that we are doing it? Think of those conversations with your boss, your partner, your children – anyone with whom you have an ongoing relationship – where you needed an outcome. What did you do? How did you get there?

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