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Negotiation Rules! A Practical Approach to Big Deal Negotiations Now Available on Amazon!

August 13th, 2009

My book is now available for sale on Amazon. I also have a few copies for sale on my website as well. It is a rising star. I’ve gotten tremendous feedback from those who pre-ordered their copies. Be sure to download your free copies of the Negotiating Money Diagrams associated with Chapter 4 and the Negotiation Planning Sheets associated with Chapter 12.

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Love-Hate: Negotiating with Family

August 13th, 2009

 

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Negotiation Rules! Now Available at Amazon!

July 27th, 2009

Negotiation Rules is now available on AMAZON, Barnes and Noble, and anywhere books are sold.  

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7 Pearls of Unconventional Wisdom: Business Leaders Share Their Negotiation Best Practices

June 25th, 2009

Several business leaders in the Seattle area met for breakfast on a cold, wet day in mid-April. As each person shared a favorite negotiation war story, I jotted down a pearl of wisdom. What you have here are seven pearls of unconventional wisdom. These bits of advice were learned the hard way: Trial and Error! Because all of the folks at breakfast have hugely successful careers, and because not one of them took a negotiation class, I suggest you take them to heart. These pieces of advice gave them a negotiation advantage, and they’ll do the same for you.

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Coming soon. . . Negotiation Skills Assessment

June 25th, 2009

Have you ever wanted to know how good you really are at the bargaining table? I’ve created a tool that will let you assess your negotiation know how! If you’re interested in improving your negotiation performance, email me for your free negotiation skills assessment. jn@jnyden.com

Stand Up and Stop Rolling Over: Negotiation Tips for Tough Times

April 24th, 2009

Stressed out and stretched thin. That’s today’s business theme. All kinds of businesses are making tough choices. Customers are cutting back. Some are on the brink of disaster, while others are perfectly fine but act like they are on the verge of collapse. All of this economic uncertainty is creating havoc with many long-standing business relationships.

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True Lies: Five Ways to Get Real About Landing Large Accounts

May 2nd, 2008

Are you selling to companies doing more than $250 million in revenue? Having trouble closing the sale and seeing actual dollars come through the door? Want to do business with large accounts, but don’t know where to start? Then join us for True Lies: Five Ways to Get Real About Landing Large Accounts. Our panel of experts will debunk the myths of doing business with big organizations and provide insight into how to stop spinning your wheels and start building solid customer relationships with a strategic framework that will deliver real results.
Your collaborators for this free breakfast event include:

  • Tracy Corley, Marketing and Creative Strategist, TsuluWerks, Inc. She’ll share how to build lasting relationships by getting noticed and getting in the door.
  • Pete McDowell, Sales and Business Development Guru, Performa Business Development. He’ll share how to profit from your customer relationships by having high value conversations.
  • Jeanette Nyden, Legal Eagle and Negotiations Guru, J. Nyden and Company/ Rodger I. Kohn P.S. She’ll share how to level the playing field and negotiate on your terms.

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Cash Flow Tight? Consider Re-Negotiating Some Contracts

May 2nd, 2008

Cash today is better than the promise of more cash tomorrow. This was my motto as a bankruptcy litigator in Chicago, Illinois representing corporate debtors. I would get outstanding deals for my clients with that one line. In an economic downturn everyone wants the real deal – cash today. Tomorrow is a long way off and you might not get there.

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What He Wore to the Takeover: One deal maker’s thoughts on clothes and negotiating

August 2nd, 2007

In the Style section of the Wall Street Journal last week (Thursday, July 26, 2007) writer Christina Binkley talked to Colony Capital LLC chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. about his choice in clothes when attending international negotiations worth mega millions.

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Dilbert has it right!

July 17th, 2007

Last Sunday while reading the comics, I laughed out loud. The Dilbert comic strip was right on point.

Job seeker ~ “I just need a job offer at a higher salary so I can use it to negotiate for a raise. My boss is an irrational dipwad who is easily manipulated by bogus comparisons and the illusions of scarcity. Your offer will make him think my value is much higher than it actually is.

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