Negotiation Skills Workshop Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Today concludes my last day of the 3 days workshop on "negotiation skills". It is jointly conducted by a couple which I think is very sweet ... who says husband and wife can't work together ...
Having to last the 3 days with real negotiation simulations, I mean with elements of cheating, hassling, manipulating, misdirecting, bla..bla ... with your opponents, it's a very draining exercise. Draining in the sense that you couldn't care less with your personal values at times of "artificial" desperations to gain unfair advantages. The fact that these participants are your working counterparts that you know well just add up more spices to the whole exercise.
However, what strikes me most is certainly the exchange of "virtual" gifts to participants during the final session which we write in the papers and distribute them. It may looks like "face" value or meaningless efforts but we come to a realisation that we're indirectly reinforcing our "core" values despite being the "dirty negotiators" over that 3 days. I'm sure this workshop will give very lasting impressions on both my life and career perspectives. We'll never stop learning and learning and learning and ........
posted by m o g L i e @ 5:00:00 pm,
