Thanks Kathleen. Actually both my parents have been great negotiators when it came to their children doing their bidding. 🙂 Finding a common ground helps us to avoid conflict too.

Thanks Suzie. Delighted you liked the story – it’s a true one!

Thanks Anita. I believe parents who can get their children to do something are ace negotiators! I often find myself in the role of a negotiator when trying to get my pet Miss Coco to eat her medicines. Negotiation is an art and skill that is useful even outside the corporate world. 🙂

Thanks Sharise. I can see the reason for being taught to start high to get paid the right amount but that always made me feel that I was becoming a commodity rather than a living person. My tactic was to know the number that I wanted and confirm the pay bandwidth for the position from other sources and tell the other side that I trusted them to pay me what they knew I was worth. The result was always a pay package that exceeded the amount I thought they would pay based on the adverts and initial talks. 🙂

Thanks Tamara. Knowing how to conduct successful win-win negotiations is an important skill for small business owners who don’t have the resources or bandwidths of bigger companies.