Well, as I predicted, I did not try out a defensive and aggressive style in my “difficult conversation” last week in the Negotiation Workshop. But luckily, it wasn’t necessary. The person I was speaking with was incredibly attentive to my character’s concerns, and clearly understood the meaning of active listening. It is easy to feel […]
…over this afternoon’s negotiation. Well, it’s not really a negotiation that I’ll be engaged in this afternoon in the Negotiation Workshop. It’s a difficult conversation. I have actually been in a situation eerily similar to that of my character in the role-play, and what ended up happening in the real-life difficult conversation was not satisfactory to […]
This past weekend, I attended the final sessions of mediation training that I talked about a few entries ago. Again, it was a fantastic experience, and it certainly gave me a lot to think about. But one issue in particular is really troubling me, and it’s caused me do a bit more thinking about mediation […]
I have a ton that I want to blog about, but the PON Internship Fair is tonight at 5pm (in Pound Hall 335!), and that’s definitely going to dominate my day. It’s amazing how much planning goes into one event…
Yesterday I took part in another role-play for the Negotiation Workshop. Without giving too many of the details away, I represented a man who had broken his neck using a Super Slipster, a water toy designed for children. This man, Adam, sued the company that manufactured the toy for $13 million in damages. What made […]
This past weekend, I got the opportunity to observe and assist with several professional mediation training sessions. I’ve always been interested in mediation, and having attended training sessions in high school, I found that this program builds on the skills that I learned. But it was also much more in-depth and intensive than any training […]
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
“Sex differences in negotiation outcomes basically disappear when people negotiate on behalf of others.” It was this finding that really got me thinking last week after Iris Bohnet, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government, gave a talk at PON last Thursday about gender and negotiation. According to the well-supported research Professor Bohnet discussed, […]
So my first simulated negotiations are complete – and they were just as exciting and educational as I had hoped (and less scary). This entry could go on at nauseum as I sift through all the emotions and reflections that these simulations provoked. But I’ll just pick a few. One thing that struck me related […]
Today started off pretty relaxed, and now as I’m getting ready to leave for the day I feel like I have a ton on my plate for the rest of the week. Things to think about include: the internship fair, various projects for Bob Bordone, the Negotiation Workshop… the list goes on. But I’m happy […]