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Car negotiations – How to haggle
Six top negotiating and haggle tips to help you win when buying a second hand car. by Derek Arden – Usedcarexpert – Advisor 1. Build rapport but do not make a friend. Blunt or aggressive negotiation will not work. Rarely does a car seller need your purchase so badly that they will tolerate rudeness. Chat [...]
Posted on December 22, 2010 • No comments so far
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Management v Leadership
FROM MY FRIEND AND NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBER TIM DURKIN IN TEXAS One of the most costly mistakes senior management can make during challenging times is to over-manage and under-lead. Over the years I have been asked many times to describe the difference between leading and managing. Describing the difference wasn’t enough. I felt it was important [...]
Posted on December 21, 2010 • No comments so far
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Influencing and Negotiating
If you make sure you put several of the pillars of influence in place before you start negotiating it will help enormously. For example liking. People are influenced by people they like and are more likely to agree to their requests. They will also tend to answer more difficult questions when they are asked. In [...]
Posted on December 14, 2010 • No comments so far
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Negotiaing with yourself
Negotiating with yourself is the first chapter of my book. A number of people ask me what is the point of this chapter or even the statement. Well before you can sort others out or feel confident you have to sort yourself out, get the right mindset, make sure you are talking to yourself in [...]
Posted on November 29, 2010 • 2 comments so far
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Don’t litigate – negotiate
My friend and fellow speaker – Mike Southon wrote in his column in the Financial Times today that there are too many entrepreneurs wasting money suing people rather than sitting down and negotiating. I am in the middle of a situation where I am helping a client negotiate there way out of a potential litigation [...]
Posted on November 27, 2010 • No comments so far
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