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Contract Negotiation Training Books

To further my commitment to enhancing customer/supplier relationships, one contract at a time, I have devoted my career to researching and writing about how to improve one’s negotiation skills. Each of these textbooks address topics to help supply chain professionals negotiate high-performing, collaborative contracts.

Each textbook is available for purchase at various online retailers.

The Contract Professional’s Playbook: The Definitive Guide to Maximizing through Master of Performance- and Outcome-Based Contracting

Co-author Lawrence A. Kane, COP-GOV

It [The Contract Professional’s Playbook] really is a brilliant textbook! Murray Trueman”

The Contract Professional’s Playbook (and corresponding eLearning program) walks subject matter experts who may be new to complex contracting step-by-step through all aspects of the contract life cycle. Invaluable competencies include identifying and managing risk, increasing influence with stakeholders, developing pricing models, negotiating complex deals, and governing customer-supplier relationships to avoid value leakage in the midst of constant change. It’s an invaluable resource that raises the bar for buy-side and sell-side practitioners alike.

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The Contract Professional's Playbook
Getting to We: Negotiating Agreements for Highly Collaborative Relationships

Co-authors Kate Vitasek and David Frydingler

This book best demonstrates my personal philosophy in negotiating high performing, highly collaborative customer/supplier agreements.

“Drawing on best practices and real examples from companies who are achieving record results, Getting to We flips conventional negotiation on its head, shifting the perspective from a tug of war between parties to a collaborative partnership where both sides effectively pull against a business problem.”

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Getting to WE
The Vested Outsourcing Manual: A Guide to Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements

Co-authors Kate Vitasek, Jacqui Crawford and Katherine Kawamoto

“In this must-have guide for creating and implementing successful outsourcing processes and partnerships, the authors drive the principles of Vested Outsourcing beyond theory into practice. From shared vision, desired outcomes to win-win and long-term success the manual will help managers build an agreement vested in each other’s success.”

This is a manual and as such we designed it to be used as a guide to negotiate very complex customer/supplier agreements that drive value for both the customer and the supplier using a WIIFWe mindset.

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The Vesting Outsourcing Manual
Negotiation Rules! A Practical Approach to Big Deal Negotiations

Are you getting results the results you deserve at the bargaining table? You deserve a great deal, but you will have to negotiate for it. Big deal negotiators know the rules to winning great deals without sacrificing their bottom line. They know how to:

  • Uncover hidden agendas
  • Effectively negotiate price
  • Demand and define tradeoffs
  • Use influence to their advantage
  • Manage power imbalances

You can too. Negotiation Rules! is packed with dozens of relevant and practical techniques that will help you successfully negotiate your next big deal.

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Negotiation Rules! A Practical Approach to Big Deal Negotiations