Coaching for Negotiating Skills

Blog Featured Image Default Of Logo

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: How Likable Are You?

Your ability to be likable can make a big difference in your thriving at work and at home. And this does not mean you are that guy that has no guts to say anything, goes along with whatever you say and then is passive aggressive later (you know he is more slippery than likable). I…
Read more

Blog Featured Image Default Of Logo

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: Without This Skill, Thriving Is Impossible

In order to thrive, relationships are key and in both personal and business relationships, empathy is the skill you cannot be without. In my prior post from last October, “The Most Impactful Skill for Negotiating Agreement” (linked) I wrote about how understanding of the other person’s perspective/position is crucial for influencing the outcome and it…
Read more

Blog Featured Image Default Of Logo

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: How To Deliver Bad News

Can you imagine receiving a ticket for speeding and actually thanking the police officer? Well, it happens to Elton Simmons in Los Angeles. Amazingly, he has given 25,000 tickets with no complaints. No complaints in twenty years, since 1992! He’s the guy sitting on his motorcycle aiming the radar gun at cars all day. I heard this great…
Read more

Blog Featured Image Default Of Logo

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: The Most Impactful Skill for Negotiating Agreement

In my prior corporate business roles I did a lot of negotiating. Both formal business negotiations with a contract for products and services and less formal negotiations of issues with peers, bosses and teams. In reality, a lot of what we all do comes down to negotiating well! We negotiate to decide what movie to…
Read more