Negotiation Skills Top 10 Tips

Negotiation Skills: Top 10 Tips.  There are millions of dollars to be saved throughout the supply chain.  Improve your negotiation skills to help lower costs.

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• “The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.” ~ Henry Boyle.
• “The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn’t even thought of – and then meet it.” ~ Eli Broad
• “Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.” ~ John Bolton.
• “You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don’t care what happens. If you don’t care, you’ve won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn’t care is going to win.” ~ Felix Dennis.

“A well trained procurement organization can add major dollars to the organization through cost savings.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“Everyone should know how to negotiate. If you buy a house, a car, or something off of Craigslist, negotiation is important.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“If you are a bad negotiator do your best to position yourself to negotiate as little as possible.  Research, research, research. ~Dave Waters

“Negotiations are worthless if neither party is willing to budge.” ~Dave Waters

“If supply chain had an arch enemy it would be called ‘Bad Communication’.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com