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Training on Negotiation and Conflict Management in Organizations

Course Overview

One thing that makes high effective individuals different from everyone else is their ability to think, plan and act strategically when they negotiate and manage conflict. Indeed, strategic management and leadership best practice consistently identifies highly effective negotiation and conflict management skills as crucial for both personal and organizational high performance and success.

This hands-on training course on Negotiation and Conflict Management in Organizations provides an insightful and illuminating strategic analysis of negotiation and then details highly effective practical negotiation and conflict management strategies and tactics that drive successful outcomes. Delegates will leave this training course with a richer and deeper understanding of the way they negotiate and manage conflict and will have significantly improved their practical ability to control and add value through the negotiation and conflict management processes across range of scenarios and contexts.

Not only do these skills potentially lead to significantly better   deals and commercial agreements, they also enable teams to be managed better. Allow more constructive interactions with customers, clients and colleagues, and help manage dealings with others even when they are difficult or aggressive negotiators.

In this PROTRAIN training course you will:

  • Gain valuable insight into your own natural negotiation and conflict management style
  • Acquire a comprehensive understanding of negotiation and conflict management through a detailed analysis of the processes
  • Learn to formulate an effective negotiation strategy in a range of contexts and scenarios
  • Learn how to apply highly effective practical negotiation strategies and tactics in a range of situations
  • Enhance your ability to deal with difficult people and add value through the negotiation and conflict management processes
  • Build on your existing experience and skill to become highly effective negotiators and conflict managers

Training Objectives

The aim of this training course is to develop and enhance your practical skills that will allow you to:

  • Adapt your negotiation and conflict management skills building on your own personal strengths and weaknesses
  • Control the negotiation process more effectively by developing an in-depth understanding of the key elements of the process
  • Improve your confidence to better deal with difficult negotiators and achieve collaborative value adding results
  • Expand your range of available negotiating strategies and tactics and your ability to use them effectively
  • Plan easily and effectively for every negotiation using a highly effective strategic preparation template
  • Mediate your own disputes and negotiations and become a more skilled and effective negotiator and conflict manager

Who Should Attend?

This PROTRAIN Management and Leadership training course on Negotiation and Conflict Management in Organizations will help both experienced negotiators build on and develop their existing skills, as well as those less experienced who aim to progress in the future to more challenging roles.

This training course will highly benefit:

  • Ambitious Professionals 
  • Management Teams
  • Team Members
  • Administrators and anyone who wish to enhance their negotiation skills and make negotiation a more rewarding and effective part of their job.

Course Duration

5Days

Training Outline

Day 1: Breaking Down the Negotiation Process
  • The Fundamental Requirements of Negotiation
  • Power Dispersal and the Development of Negotiation Theory
  • Cause of Organizational Conflict
  • Conflict Escalation and Steps to Prevent it
  • Managing Conflict – The Five Primary Strategies
  • The Dichotomy of Negotiation – Competing and Cooperating
  • Gaining Personal Insight – Negotiation Style Assessment
  • Negotiation as a Mixed Motive  Process

Day 2: Implementing Practical Negotiation Strategies

  • Effective Practical Negotiation Strategies
  • Competitive Value Claiming Negotiation Strategies – Cutting the Pie
  • BATNA, Reserve Point, Target Point
  • Opening Offers, Anchors, Concessions
  • Cooperative Value Creating Negotiation Strategies – Baking a Bigger Pie
  • Identify Interests, Information, Diagnostic Questions and Unbundling Issues
  • Package Deals, Multiple Offers and Post-Settlement Settlements
  • Categorizing Negotiation Outcomes

Day 3: Preparation Templates, Sources of Power and Key Mediation Techniques

  • Preparation Template – Planning to Negotiate
  • Internal and External Preparation and Situation Assessment
  • Identifying and Leveraging Negotiating Power
  • Mediation in Context – Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation
  • Mediation as a Facilitated Negotiation
  • Practical Mediation Techniques to Resolve Disputes
  • Dealing with Confrontational Negotiators
Day 4: Communicating to Maximize Negotiation Effectiveness
  • Communication Style – Packaging Information for Maximum Influence
  • Active Listening Skills in Negotiation
  • Communicating through Body Language
  • Interpreting Body Language and Non-verbal Behavior
  • Communicating within Negotiation Teams
  • Improving Negotiation Team Performance
  • Ethics and Negotiation

Day 5: International and Cross Cultural Complexities

  • What is culture and how does it affect negotiating norms?
  • Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
  • Advice for Cross Cultural Negotiations
  • Unique Features on International Agreements 
  • Building A deal – What to Remember?
  • Applying Learning to a Range of Organizational Situations
Summary – Building a  Better Negotiating Organization

Training Approach

This course is delivered using blended training approach and comprises presentations, guided sessions of practical exercises, web-based tutorial and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a PROTRAIN institute certificate.

Tailor-Made

This training can be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request.

TRAINING DATE

VENUE

Register, Physical or Online Training

14/09/2024 to
19/09/2024

Nakuru

14/09/2024 to
19/09/2024

Nairobi

14/09/2024 to
19/09/2024

Nairobi

14/09/2024 to
19/09/2024

Nairobi