Tag: Negotiation

  • Nation & World

    5 reasons you crack under pressure

    “Managing Conflict Mindfully” author outlines why even experts get in their own way sometimes, and how to stop.

    3 minutes
    Illustration of a person with a knot inside their head. (Gary Waters/Ikon Images)
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    Darth Vader had some skills. Negotiation? Not so much

    Noam Ebner and Jen Reynolds analyze scenes from the “Star Wars” saga for lessons on negotiation and conflict resolution.

    5 minutes
    Noam Ebner.
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    When agreeing to disagree is a good beginning

    Experts in negotiation at a Harvard alumni event say productive conflict starts with honest, opening listening.

    4 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Logic or emotion: Which is more valuable?

    Neither thinking nor feeling is superior, according to Leonard Mlodinow’s new book, which argues that the two are inextricably linked.

    4 minutes
    Leonard Mlodinow
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    Negotiating the irrational with Daniel Kahneman

    Nobel-winning behavioral economist and author of “Thinking Fast and Slow” shares advice on negotiation at Harvard event.

    5 minutes
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    Tillerson’s exit interview

    Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered his take on global leaders and hotspots, from Iran and Saudi Arabia to North Korea and Syria and discussed diplomacy negotiation strategies during a closed-door talk for the American Secretaries of State project at Harvard Kennedy School Tuesday.

    8 minutes
    Tillerson panel
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    Love in the crosshairs

    A panel of marriage counselors and negotiators tells an audience of Harvard Law students how to use negotiation skills in their romantic relationships.

    3 minutes
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    Women on a mission

    In Bosnia-Herzegovina, where memories of war are still fresh, mothers and grandmothers are working at the grassroots to build a peaceful future for their country, a scholar who is highlighting their stories in an upcoming book said in a talk at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

    4 minutes
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    Update on labor talks

    A Q-and-A with Harvard officials Marilyn Hausammann and Bill Murphy on the status of contract negotiations with the University’s largest union.

    8 minutes
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    A Nobel cause in the Arab world

    The West must do more to support the ongoing, peaceful democratic revolutions in long-suppressed Arab nations, Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said during an address at the Harvard Kennedy School

    4 minutes
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    Enduring inspiration

    Richard Olivier, son of famed actor Sir Laurence Olivier, used Shakespeare’s “Henry V” to teach Harvard students about the role of identity in conflict in Sever Hall Oct. 24. The presentation was part of “Negotiation and Conflict Management,” a course that focuses on the emotional and identity-based aspects of conflict that often confound easy resolution.

    5 minutes
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    Negotiauctions: New Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace

    Holder of dual appointments in Harvard’s Business and Law Schools, Subramanian utilizes theories of negotiating and auctioning to deliver this guide to successful transactions in today’s marketplace.

    1 minute
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    Fight or flight

    Robert Mnookin’s new book looks at how to negotiate.

    2 minutes