Negotiating isn't just an event that takes place in conference rooms with powerful forces aligned on either side of a table. You have to go through informal negotiations every day, with your boss, your coworkers, suppliers, clients and even family members.
People have expectations, and in most of the cases different expectations than yours. Learn how to negotiate expectations is one of the fundamental skill in order to live healthy relationships, solve problems without stress and conflicts, and make good deals.

In most negotiations, the parties are influenced by their assumptions about what they think are the alternatives to a negotiated agreement. Often the parties have an unrealistic idea of what these alternatives are, and they are unwilling to make concessions because they think they can do just as well without negotiating.

Most negotiations are not as efficient or as successful as they might be because people tend to argue about positions rather than interests. What can we get out of the negotiation that will further our interests? That is the question that should guide a negotiation toward achieving mutual gain. Another important note is that any negotiation will be more productive if you are able to focus on problems and not personalities, however you have to be aware that the other parties in the negotiation may not take this approach. Recognizing and controlling emotions is an Essential aspect for mastering effective communication, a major pillar in the psychology of negotiating expectations.

This workshop is not a typical workshop about negotiation that teaches sales people how to successfully close a deal. It mainly aims to help participants to acquire a clear understanding of the psychology of negotiating expectations in every aspect of daily life. At the same time, equipped them with simple, yet effective tools of effective communication and persuasion in order to achieve desired results for personal benefit and for the benefits of the company they are working for.

Objective

In this workshop, participants will learn:

• The psychology of negotiation.
• How effective listening can positively impact results during negotiation.
• How much we can influence others during the negotiation process by applying simple tools of effective conversation.
• The importance of emotional-ability. Some ways of communication increase friction and anger during negotiation; other ways tend to cause people to work with us, and not against us.
• That people may have different ways of representing things, and that the most powerful tools in dealing with one-another in order to find a satisfying solution is to master the art of negotiating expectations in every aspect of our life, at work and at home.
• How to apply the process of negotiation with effective tools of persuasion.

After this workshop, participants will be able to apply:

• Essential verbal and non verbal communication tools which facilitate the process of negotiating expectations.
• The basic psychological skills in the art of negotiating differences with others in order to reach a desired outcome.
• A more confident self when dealing with others.

Outline

Module one: Personal, Psychological Preparation

• Introducing the psychology of negotiation:
  - Information-processing barriers.
  - Deep motivation & thinking principle.
  - The emotional negotiator.
• Listening, questioning & body-language allignment
  - Group discussion and an hands-on exercise to practice the theory

Module two: The psychology of constructive influencing during negotiation

• The powerful and effective communication in negotiation:
  - Safe-Language.
  - Co-operative language.
  - Assertive-non offensive language.
• Testing the process of negotiation: The 3 components of persuasion.
  - Group discussion and an hands-on exercise to practice the theory

Who should attend

HR Managers, Senior Executives, Managers, Teachers, Lecturers, Entrapreneurs and whoever has an interest in the psychology of everyday negotiation at work and at home.

Methodology

Theoretical Presentation, Case Studies, Discussions, and Hands-on Exercises

Leonardo Talpo's Profile

Leonardo is an energetic Training Facilitator; Relationships Counsellor & Personal Coach whose sense of humour paired with his relaxed and confident style can be of real inspiration to clients and audiences.

In the corporate environment he is an expert in 'Communication-Relationships at Work' & 'Emotional Competence'. He brings his own creativity and business experience to his clients by means of the experience he gained through his own life challenges and studies in the area of human development.

By combining his knowledge in Psychology, Counselling and NLP coaching techniques and his 17 years in the corporate world, Leonardo has the capacity to help people, business executives and companies to create solutions for today's challenges in retention, recruitment, work-life balance, stress, relationship conflict and burning out. Leonardo's passion is to promote cultures where individuals thrive to be efficient and productive, while taking care of their health and wellbeing.

Leonardo has almost two decades of professional experience as a senior executive in corporate business. A native Italian, he has lived in Singapore since 1995, and travelled extensively for business in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe and through this he has developed a deep understanding of a multitude of cultures.