Dealing with difficult people
Unfortunately avoiding difficult people is impossible. So take our course to learn how to do the next best thing: Effectively negotiate with them in a way that works for you.
About this course
One thing all negotiators have in common is that sooner or later they will have to negotiate with difficult people. Whether it is emotional negotiators, vague proposals or parties that won’t move an inch during the process: they can be really frustrating to deal with.
Luckily we are here to help! We help you to get to the root cause of the difficult behaviour and help you deal with even the toughest negotiators out there. Who knows, you might even start to enjoy these difficult negotiations…
Learning goals
Join us in understanding what makes situations and the people in them difficult, and in knowing how to deal with this. In the course, you’ll be provided with the right skills and tools to bringing interaction with difficult people to a success through:
- Understanding the underlying dynamics of negotiations and difficult behaviour in negotiators
- Learning about the impact that power, emotion and pressure can have on a negotiation and knowing how to deal with the issues that may arise
- Getting useful phrases that help to effectively counter the difficult behaviour in negotiations
- Levelling up your skills by practicing negotiations with difficult people in our immersive simulation experience
Results after this course:
- Be able to better deal with difficult negotiators
- Be comfortable with tackling challenges in any negotiation in a way that is comfortable for you
- Know what to do when you run into difficult behaviour at the negotiation table
- Be ready for any surprises that might happen at the table
“We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable." - John. F. Kennedy
SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN
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Reading People
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Understanding Pressure
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Preparation
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Meet your teacher
- Managing Director at &FLUENCE
- Expert for stakeholder engagement, negotiation and influence
- Publicist and analyst Dutch Media (e.g., KRO/NCRV, NRC, Elsevier and WNL)
- Former Fellow at The Netherlands Institute for International Relations (Clingendael)
- Conducted ~50 workshops annually for public and private sector all over the world
More information?
Please get in contact with us if you want to receive more information on available dates or you would like to register for this course.
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