Robert Mayer
How to Win Any Negotiation
Without Raising Your Voice, Losing Your Cool, or Coming to Blows
Career Press, 2006
¿De qué se trata?
Negotiation is a game for nice guys. Win by being reasonable, willing to compromise and attentive to others’ needs.
Recommendation
Robert Mayer’s hobby is collecting negotiating tricks, and over the past 40 years he seems to have encountered nearly all of them. Here, he presents 38 techniques that just about anyone can learn to use to negotiate everything from house prices to car leases to executive salaries. Nevertheless, you’ll encounter some bumps along the way. Meyer has to stretch a bit for his LANCER acronym, for example, and he sometimes lapses into jargon. Despite these minor problems, he is almost Solomonic in his ability to come up with ways to divide shares equitably among parties. getAbstract believes that both seasoned and novice negotiators can learn from Mayer’s wisdom. Next time you’re making an expensive purchase, you’ll be able to put his ideas to good use.
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About the Author
Robert Mayer is a lawyer who has appeared on more than 130 radio and TV shows, and has conducted negotiating workshops for universities, government agencies, private companies and professional associations.
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