Building Agreement Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Whether you're negotiating with an angry boss or a difficult colleague - or, indeed, a stubborn teenager - you can learn to use your emotions to help you achieve the result you want. Building Agreement shows you how to control the five 'core concerns' that motivate people: -- Express appreciation for what others think, feel or do -- Build affiliation and turn an adversary into a colleague -- Respect autonomy in others and gain autonomy in return -- Acknowledge status and simultaneously establish your own worth -- Choose a fulfilling role during the process of negotiating Using the latest research of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the group that brought you the groundbreaking book Getting to Yes, this is a superbly practical guide to mastering essential negotiating skills. Originally published in hardback under the title Beyond Reason.