Don't Sell Yourself Short! 5 Ways for Women to Get Equal Pay
When you’re hired as a police officer in the public sector, you get paid the same whether you are a man or a woman. Compensation is largely based on...
Infographic: How to Negotiate Through the Sales Process
A lot of salespeople go into meetings with potential buyers and spend their time trying to educate them about their products. But that’s awareness...
How to Demolish Your 2021 Sales Goals
Every top-performing sales team is focused on the same thing: getting consistently better results over time.
Why Negotiation Training is the Best Investment for 2021
These days, people aren’t going to conferences and in-person events anymore, and it appears as though that will remain the case for the foreseeable...
4 Ways to Get Everything You Want in a Contract Negotiation
Every negotiator wants the same thing: getting exactly what we want every time we sit down at the table.
Negotiation Training: The 7 Deadly Sins of Negotiation
What are The Black Swan Group’s 7 Deadly Sins of Negotiation™ and how can you ensure you don’t fall victim to them? Here’s what you need to know.
The Most Underutilized Negotiation Skill
The first time I ever handled a hostage negotiation, the whole thing was over in five minutes. I thought that negotiation was easy and that I was a...
What Is The Black Swan Group's Negotiation 9™ (N9™)?
The Black Swan Group’s Negotiation 9™ (N9™) are the nine skills that make it easy to achieve Tactical Empathy™ (TE™) —the best way to accomplish...
Why Good Cop, Bad Cop in a Negotiation is a Terrible Idea
If you’ve ever seen practically any movie that involves police officers, you’re familiar with the good cop/bad cop negotiation strategy. During an...
How to Teach Your Sales Team to Negotiate Better Deals
Whether your sales team is crushing it every month or struggling to reach targets, you can always get better results. One of the main reasons sales...
5 Steps to Assess Your Leadership Skills
Many leaders get to the top, think they’ve made it, and stop trying to improve. The best leaders, on the other hand, understand that leadership is...
Communication Skills: How to Deliver Bad News
In an ideal world, everything would be rosy, and you’d never have to deliver bad news to your direct reports. But there comes a time when every...