Negotiation Skills

One of the many Employability Skills. There will typically be some requirement to negotiate for something within a workplace. This might be which resources people use and when they can use them, for example printers or access to the Internet, or it could be negotiating which tasks should be prioritised over others. You will want to be able to show that you can agree with others and this will probably involve demonstrating your ability to compromise and collaborate and also how you can inject some influence into the negotiation process.

Your personal qualities will have a significant impact on how well you are able to negotiate and compromise with others.

Higher level of negotiation skills could involve dealing with customers to get a satisfactory resolution to their queries; negotiating with suppliers to get the best price for some goods; negotiating with others over system processes and the extent of responsibilities over new processes within an organisation.

Preparation is an important starting point to negotiating, whilst having an appropriate strategy to help deliver a successful outcome will demonstrate that you have an understanding of the art of negotiating.