What is framing? How do you use framing in negotiations? How do you use framing to win arguments? In this episode of Negotiations Ninja, Joel Trachtman joins us to methodically dissect the topic. Joel Trachtman is a Law Professor, who practiced for 9 years on Wall Street before shifting to teaching international law for the last 30+ years. He wrote the book, “The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers...
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There’s no beating around the bush—intellectual property clauses are complicated. They’re even more complex to negotiate. How do you decide who owns what when hiring someone to create something for you? How contract professionals should approach negotiating intellectual property clauses is a tough conversation that Jeanette Nyden and Lawrence Kane happily tackle in this episode of Negotiations Ninja. If you’re ready for a deep dive into the nuances of IP clauses, give...
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Welcome back to the informal series on commonly disputed legal clauses (from a procurement perspective). Today, Jeanette Nyden returns to talk about liquidated damages. Jeanette will help us bridge the legal world and the commercial world. Liquidated damages are more on the commercial side of legal language. What are liquidated damages? How does the clause work? How do you calculate the value of liquidated damages? Listen to this episode for...
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Jeanette Nyden is back to talk about indemnities. She is an attorney and has spent 15 years practicing law — which is why she can talk at a high level about what indemnities are and how they apply to the world of contract professionals. She’s spent 18 years teaching people how to negotiate complex contracts. It’s where her passion for making boilerplate language accessible for the contract professional has come...
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How do you think about risk? What about mitigation and controls? What are the operational requirements necessary to carry out proper limitations of liability? One of the biggest issues I see is that commercial negotiation professionals don’t understand the fundamentals of where to start with limitations of liability. And determining the proper limitation of liability clause can be daunting. In this episode of Negotiations Ninja, Jeanette Nyden—contract professional and negotiation...
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Victoria Pynchon is the founder and chief negotiator at “She Negotiates,” a consulting company that’s helped hundreds of women use the spoke model negotiation strategy to make more money. In today’s conversation, we talked about negotiating your way into a startup. What are the biggest mistakes that people make? How do you build leverage into the negotiation? What should your plan look like? Listen to hear Victoria’s thoughts! (more…)
LISTEN NOWTo play the game of negotiation effectively, you have to know the rules of the game. What is the role of trust? How do you develop it? How—and why—do you verbalize it? In this Throwback Thursday episode of Negotiations Ninja, Keld Jensen talks about why trust in negotiations isn’t just for procurement and sales experts. It’s for everyone who develops relationships in their professional and personal lives. Don’t miss an...
LISTEN NOWJeanette Nyden and Lawrence Kane are the authors of “The Contract Professional’s Playbook,” geared toward helping procurement professionals perfect their craft. In this throwback episode, they share a performance & outcome-based approach to fit a collaborative negotiation model. They also talk about managing frustration, the changes happening in the procurement world, and the vital importance of performance-based outcomes in the contract. Check it out! (more…)
LISTEN NOWIn this special Negotiations Ninja Throwback, we take a look back at episode #111 with Jeanette Nyden and Lawrence Kane—the authors of “The Contract Professional’s Playbook.” They wrote the book to guide new and seasoned procurement professionals to become better at their craft. In this episode, we talk about developing procurement talent, internal and external negotiation, performance-based outcomes, and much more. Don't miss this fascinating conversation! (more…)
LISTEN NOWIn this Throwback Thursday edition of the Negotiations Ninja podcast, we jump back to episode #135: Conflict Resolution in Negotiation. In this episode, we talk about Kwame Christian's newest book: Nobody Will Play With Me. Kwame dissects a psychological aspect of negotiation that is often overlooked, shares how to overcome fear to find confidence, and emphasizes how failure changes the game. If you missed it before, don't miss it now!...
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