negotiation strategies for project managers
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Negotiation Strategies for Project ManagersRoberto Toledo, MBA, PMPAlpha PM Consulting, Inc.
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Agenda
• Leading without authority• Common negotiations in PM world• What it takes to be a great negotiator• The preparation phase• Negotiation strategies• Where do I start?• Conclusions.- Key Messages
Because I say so, I’m the Boss!
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Leading without Authority
• Use motivation and foster commitment
• Use your informal authority• Use relationship
management• Be prepared to negotiate
everything on the project
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Definitions
• A potentially beneficial process of interaction by which two or more parties, seek to improve their options through joint actions and decisions
• Negotiation is definitely the most powerful tool to balance interests and resolve conflicts
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Common Negotiations in PM world
Counterparty SituationSr. Mgmt. Support and EmpowermentSponsor Scope, deadline and budgetSponsor Sufficient resourcesTeam What’s in it for me?Team CommitmentsContractors Scope, deadline and budgetStakeholders Expectations and needs
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Why Do Negotiations Fail?
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Negotiation Paradigms
• Negotiation skills are an innate ability
• Negotiation is an art, not a science
• Negotiation is intuitive or instinctive
• The client is always right in his/her demands
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What does it take to be a great Negotiator?
• Develop your skills, by studying, practicing and analyzing
• The preparation phase• Self confidence• Communication skills• Ability to read the other
person• Emotion management• Patience
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The Preparation Phase
• Information…– The most powerful weapon of Negotiation
• Establish your “Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement”.- BATNA– Try to identify the other party’s BATNA
• Establish your Reserve Value– The least I am willing to accept– The most I am willing to grant
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The Preparation Phase (2)
• Prepare your initial position and proposal.- Anchor.– Ambitious, but realistic!
• Identify who has the Power Position• Try to establish the Anchor first
– Especially if the other party has the power position
In the Schedule…
Negotiation Key Elements
InformationContentWhat ?
InfluenceProcessHow?
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Influence Strategies• Constantly emphasize the other party’s:
– Potential losses– Potential gains
• Make concessions one by one• Start with an aggressive offer and
moderate it gradually• Justify your demands by providing the
environment to make them reasonable• Provide social references for potential
gains
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Negotiation Strategies• Integrative Negotiation vs. Distributive• Rational Negotiation • Silence Management• Risk Management (information)• Missing man• Flattery• Deadline• Delay• Good cop and bad cop
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Where do I start?
Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Source of infinite wisdom!
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Key Messages
• The Win-Win mantra is still valid• Negotiation skills are not an innate ability,
they are learned and developed• Preparation is key to a successful
negotiation• Information is the key to the preparation
phase• Influence is the key to the bargaining
phase
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to
negotiate.”
John F. Kennedy
Want to learn more?
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Questions?Roberto Toledo, MBA, PMP
[email protected]: @robertoledo
(956) 325.1105Alpha PM Consulting, Inc.
(956) 519.4862www.alphapmconsulting.com
Thank You!
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