by Jeanette Nyden | Mar 12, 2020 | Words
Raise your hand if you can handle one more thing on your plate right now. No one can. It seems like everyone spends their time putting out one fire after another. Today more than ever before, negotiations happen in pieces and on the fly. You might quickly shoot off an...
by Jeanette Nyden | Mar 11, 2020 | Words
When the negotiation team gets mediocre deal results, their bosses blame the economy, or the other company, or the weather for bad results. The real problem is that the negotiation team did not take the negotiation process seriously enough to systematically plan for...
by Jeanette Nyden | Nov 13, 2019 | Words
Imagine a mid-level manger in the global commodities group got an email from the operations manager from a plant that read something like this. “Bob, I called ABC supplier to see where our XYZ parts are, and they told me that we’ll get them in 3 weeks. They said the...
by Jeanette Nyden | Feb 13, 2019 | Podcasts
I am happy to announce I was on the Sales Reinvented Podcast to discuss the power of open-ended questions in your negotiations. In this podcast I define negotiation and give 3 do’s and don’ts in any negotiation. I also answer the important questions of how negotiation...
by Jeanette Nyden | Oct 11, 2018 | Video
Have you ever wondered how to get real innovation from your customer/supplier relationship? I explain in this video how the Department of Energy and the Kaiser-Hill joint venture used outcome and incentive-based contracting principles to drive innovation....
by Jeanette Nyden | Oct 3, 2018 | Video
Contract language is boring. The contract professional’s goals are to develop an agreement that reflects the intention of the relationship and a document that is clear, precise and exact. This video offers advice on 4 points that will help contract professionals...
by Jeanette Nyden | Sep 26, 2018 | Video
When negotiators get mediocre results their boss blames the economy, the weather, or the other company, when the real problem is that no one took the negotiation process seriously enough to systematically prepare for it. In my experience, there are ten common mistakes...
by Jeanette Nyden | Sep 21, 2018 | Video
During my mentoring, I was co-negotiation a 15 year contract. The stakeholder leadership wanted a early termination agreement in the agreement with a fixed fee. They wanted a buy-out in the agreement for early termination. Watch the video and tell me what you think....
by Jeanette Nyden | Jun 20, 2018 | Video
Are you worried about closing a commercially significant deal? Then my coaching and mentoring programs might be the right fit to support your organization. If closing that deal and getting greater value is important to your organization, watch this video.
by Jeanette Nyden | Jun 12, 2018 | Podcasts
I interviewed with Philip Ideson recently on – Designing and Executing a Balanced Deal. If you haven’t had the opportunity to listen to that interview, you should check it out! We didn’t get to all of Philips’ questions so he invited me back to finish the...
