Effective Negotiations Involves Compromise

Motivational Power Quote

Effective Negotiations Involves Compromise

“If you can’t go around it, over it,

or through it you had better negotiate it.”

Ashleigh Brilliant, Author and Syndicated cartoonist   

   

As I see it. . . . . . . .

Effective negotiations involves  compromise

It becomes human nature for a person to want their way in many of the aspects in their life. So when you have two people in the same situation both wanting their own way it becomes an interesting situation.

It can be as simple of where to go to dinner, what TV show to watch, or where to go on vacation. Wanting your own way can be found in many aspects of your personal life and in your career.

A person can try to push their way through a situation to get their own way leaving everything in their wake in rubble. They look at what they want as an entitlement and care very little about the other person, their position or their needs.

Another person wants what they want . . . . and will try to convince the other person why they should have it.

But there will be times that your not able to convince the other person to give you what you want and you are now at an impasse.

A key to effective negotiations is to know when to stop pushing for your way. You have to know when to begin the negotiating process . . . . and when compromise is in order to achieve a successful conclusion. 

To know when to negotiate is the art of knowing when to stop a stalemate. The negotiation starts the process of cooperation to find an acceptable compromise to where all the parties feel that there needs have been met.

The most effective negotiations involve compromise . . . . and keeping the negotiation focused on the positions of the parties and not on the person. When you know when to negotiate you become a master negotiator.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author