Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Product Description

Getting to Yes is a straightorward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting taken -- and without getting angry.

It offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict -- whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deal continually with all levels of negotiations and conflict resolutions from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:

Separate the people from the problem

Focus on interests, not positions

Work together to create opinions that will satisfy both parties

negotiate successfully with people who are more powerful, refuse to play by the rules, or resort to "dirty tricks"

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Audiobook Review
We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated soothingly by NPR announcer Bob Edwards, Fisher adds the meaty portions of the material with a sense of playfulness. The blend of voices makes this tape easy to listen to, especially the real-life negotiating scenarios, in which negotiating examples are given. This is a must-have tape for every businessperson's car. (Running time: one hour, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins

From AudioFile
Everything in life is a negotiation. This updated edition of the bestselling classic offers well-researched advice to businesspeople hoping to increase sales and resolve conflicts. Narrator Murphy Guyer's leisurely pace and clear delivery make the material especially accessible. Additional readers dramatize problems, adding a sense of reality missing from many business manuals. The book, based on research from the Harvard Negotiation Project, offers a unique approach to conflict resolution as the authors explain how to separate problems from personal agendas, how to "increase the size of the pie" rather than making the slices smaller, and how to take the "charge" out of polarized positions. R.O. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
"This is by far the best thing I've ever read about negotiation. It is equally relevant for the individual who would like to keep his friends, property, and income and the statesman who would like to keep the peace." -- John Kenneth Galbraith