- October 10, 2016 Make love to your enemies!In the world of work, we often have an enemy. It could be our boss who hates us and gives us more work than the laws of physics allow; it could be that colleague who blocks everything we do or even think of doing; it could be the finance director...
- September 26, 2016 Is your body language setting you up to lose in negotiation?Negotiation is, of course, all about communication but have you ever thought about what you are communicating through your body language? Think about it, spoken language has been around for a million years at most but animals have been communicating through body language for hundreds of millions of years. So...
- July 27, 2016 What does Brexit mean for your business?We are over the shock of the Brexit vote and we now have to live with the new reality, so the big question is: what does it actually mean in practice for your business? The challenge being, of course, we still cannot know for definite, such is the uncertainty abounding...
- July 14, 2016 Will this be Theresa May’s negotiation strategy?• There will be an announcement of an announcement • Negotiation will come in waves • We can be certain of more uncertainty One thing for certain, there is a lot of uncertainty around. But with a new Prime Minister and her cabinet in place, perhaps we can start to...
- June 27, 2016 Why Boris Johnson may be Remain voters’ best hopeMuch of the world woke up on Friday morning to a state of shock. And I don’t just mean Remain voters, even Boris Johnson and Michael Gove looked worried now they actually had the result they fought for. So, given it is what it is, how will negotiations unfold and...
- October 6, 2013 Now, that was a negotiation!“You think that was a negotiation? Ha, I’ll tell you about a negotiation!” A friend of mine, Wes, works at an investment bank and heads up a team that runs 9- or 10-figure property deals across Europe. A few years back, he came out of a meeting discussing a...
- September 8, 2013 From setback to successDo-do happens and it is part of the journey. Sometimes it feels like really deep do-do. But we saw last week that failure does not mean forever, failure is not final. So, how do you turn setbacks into success? If do-do happens to you, what exactly should you do-do?...
- July 28, 2013 Negotiation and YogaI've just come back from a great holiday at a yoga retreat in Ibiza and the topic of negotiation came up a lot, not least when I managed to get 9 people into a nightclub for free! But it reminded me of an interview I did a few months...
- March 22, 2013 Becoming the “Go To” negotiations trainerAlison Miles-Jenkins is the expert on building training businesses, particularly how they can become the "go to" expert in their niche. She interviewed me recently on how I've built my niche in negotiations and particularly how I've brought my own particular flavour to the field and how the book...
- February 27, 2013 Negotiation podcastsRecently, I've been recording some interesting conversations with negotiations expert Clive Rich. Covering various topics around the subject of negotiation, the good news is that we agree on most of the answers! The Importance of Bargaining Power Dealing with Tough Guys Can You Be Nice and Still Be a Good...