November 16, 2008
Give-Aways
Online merchants have been using a variation of this idea for years—give something free, then sell something. Although this idea is not new to commerce (businesses have been using loss leaders for decades—selling products below cost to get shoppers into a store) it’s the right formula for the Internet.
A good example of this strategy is the free virtual bouquet that many flower sites offer visitors. Come to their site, send a free virtual bouquet via email and perhaps become a paying customer of real flowers in the future. In a similar vein, you can send a virtual greeting card to anyone on the Net by using many of the greeting card sites. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 12, 2008
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October 12, 2008
When you hear about negotiations in the newspapers or hear about them on TV or radio programmes, they are often described as having ‘winners’ or ‘losers’. In high profile industrial disputes or in compensation cases, it is a victory for one side and a defeat for the other. But negotiating is something that you do with someone — not to them. This means that, in reality, these sorts of negotiation generally consist of discussions between professional negotiators — discussions that are aimed at reaching agreements, agreements to which everybody involved is a party, agreements that contain benefits to both sides. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 9, 2008
But it tries to remember that this isn’t a treatise on negotiating by numbers — you don’t have to do it exactly this way. Try and pick out the principles involved and use them to find your own way of doing it.
The behaviours observed fell into two broad groups:
These I’ll call the ‘Don’ts’ and ‘Do’s’ of skilled negotiating. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 7, 2008
Space, somebody once said, is the final frontier. But, as far as your negotiation is concerned, it’s the first frontier. The ways that you use the space around you when you negotiate are as individual, distinctive and particular as you are. We all, for example, have what is known as a ‘personal space‘. This space is roughly circular in shape with us occupying an off-centre position - with more personal space to our front than to our rear. The size of this circle depends upon our personality, age, gender and status. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 3, 2008
When you — or I — walk out of a negotiation, we take a risk. That risk is that the other side won’t come after us, that they won’t call or fax us when things have cooled off, that we lose a chance to reach an agreement with them. For that reason, walking - when you do it - must be a deliberate and considered act. If you walk on impulse or in the heat of the moment, it’ll be something that you regret. But if you walk when, after due consideration, you’ve decided that this negotiation isn’t going to get anywhere, then that, as we’ll shortly see, is quite a different matter. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 1, 2008
For convenience, imagine yourself starting your workday, then being at work, and finally leaving work at the end of the day. Read my suggestions and see if some of the points might apply to help you to become a more positive person, prior to, during and after work.
Before work:
- On waking each workday, think about the most interesting and exciting part of the forthcoming day. Do not accept the response, `Nothing!’.
- Before getting out of bed, say something to yourself like, ‘I will make the most of my abilities today!’.
- When dressing, consider wearing clothing which is different—something which may evoke positive remarks and compliments from workmates. A positive remark can put some brightness into a grey day.
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July 1, 2008
For people like me at work, assertiveness has particularly important significance, as it is a quality which helps me to communicate more effectively and hopefully achieve my goals.
It is very important to be able to stand and be heard, whether the situation is a promotion interview or a refusal to an unfair request. To remain silent under these circumstances can create strong feelings of anger inside and erode the individual’s self-confidence. Some other situations which often require assertiveness at the workplace are:
- Communicating your thoughts and feelings directly and honestly.
- Saying, Yes to new work opportunities and possibilities which you wish to try.
- Giving compliments to others.
- Receiving compliments from others.
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June 28, 2008
An Eastern allegory compares Man to a house full of servants whose master and head steward are absent. As the servants forget their roles and do what they like, with no co-ordination, the house ends up in complete chaos. The only possibility for things to improve is for a number of servants to agree to appoint a deputy steward. The elected steward can then command the other servants to do the right work in the right place. There is then every possibility of the head steward returning to replace the deputy and to prepare the house for the master’s return. The master can be likened to your true self, which can only appear when the level of consciousness of knowing who you are has been attained. As the unified true self once more takes command from your disunited conditioned self, you no longer feel the need to compartmentalise everything to fit previous preconceptions. Read the rest of this entry »
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