Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In

Amazon.com Audiobook Review
We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated soothingly by NPR announcer Bob Edwards, Fisher adds the meaty portions of the material with a sense of playfulness. The blend of voices makes this tape easy to listen to, especially the real-life negotiating scenarios, in which negotiating examples are given. This is a must-have tape for every businessperson's car. (Running time: one hour, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins


From AudioFile
The authors are principals at a Harvard-based program that studies and teaches negotiation. In this unabridged recording of their 1991 book, they explain the important differences between adversarial negotiating and negotiating within a framework of abstract principles. The source book was the first on negotiating that unpacked the schemas and strategies that drive various types of negotiation. It made sense in print and does so even more as an instructional audio. In terms of effectiveness, it puts to shame the audios of negotiating experts who are entertaining but who don't have the intellectual understanding of these scholars. An essential resource for any student of negotiating and a fine example of how good research and analytical thinking can be made into an appealing audio. T.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine


Review
"This is by far the best thing I've ever read about negotiation. It is equally relevant for the individual who would like to keep his friends, property, and income and the statesman who would like to keep the peace." -- John Kenneth Galbraith


Book Description
Since its original publication in 1981, Getting to Yes has been translated into 18 languages and has sold over 1 million copies in its various editions. This completely revised edition is a universal guide to the art of negotiating personal and professional disputes. It offers a concise strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict.


Book Info
Offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. The national bestseller. DLC: Negotiation.


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Getting to Yes offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict--whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to: Separate the people from the problem; Focus on interests, not positions; Work together to create options that will satisfy both parties; and Negotiate successfully with people who are more powerful, refuse to play by the rules, or resort to "dirty tricks."


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