How To Negotiate

By (author) Christopher Copper-Ind; By (author) Copper-Ind Christopher
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Negotiation is a fundamental part of all of our lives, and by understanding how the psychology of it works, you will be able to conduct all types of negotiation with greater ease and efficiency.
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Negotiation is such a familiar part of our everyday lives that we often fail to recognize it’s even happening, let alone identify the power battles and psychological warfare it entails. In our busy everyday lives, we seldom pause to reflect that negotiating is, in fact, a complex and strategic mind game.

In How To Negotiate, Christopher Copper-Ind shows the inner workings of all types of negotiations, from the mundane division of household chores to pay rises and high-powered business deals. By understanding the psychology and essential skills involved, you''ll be able to bring enviable insight to your own negotiations going forward giving you the confidence to succeed.

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Christopher Copper-Ind brings [these] sprawling negotiations to life and plumbs them for dealmaking wisdom . . . If, like me, you want to strike mutually beneficial bargains rather than burn your bridges, then How to Negotiate is the book for you.
Biographical note

Christopher Copper-Ind is publisher of International Investment, a financial news organisation in London. He also writes tailored reports on Turkey and Iran for a Middle East consultancy. Before this he was editorial director of a media company in Istanbul covering the economies of the Middle East and Central Asia. From 2004 to 2010 Copper-Ind was a company director at the publishing house Stacey International, for whom he negotiated contracts across the Middle East and Asia for high-end book projects and business guides.

As a publisher and Middle East consultant, he has worked on projects in over twenty-five countries. His business trips did not always go according to plan, however. Negotiating for a contract in Iran in 2009, he found himself briefly imprisoned on charges of espionage.

He divides his time between London and Paris.

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Negotiation is a fundamental part of all of our lives, and by understanding how the psychology of it works, you will be able to conduct all types of negotiation with greater ease and efficiency.
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