Toastmasters for Negotiation Skills
Most professionals already understand one important truth: Toastmasters works.
Not because it teaches secret techniques. Not because it delivers inspirational talks. But because it gives people a place to practise regularly, in front of others, with feedback.
People don’t leave Toastmasters thinking “I learned something interesting.” They leave thinking “I’m more confident than I was before.”
That confidence doesn’t come from knowledge. It comes from repetition under light pressure.
.... And that’s the exact reason The Negotiation Club exists.
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Negotiation suffers from the same problem speaking once did
Years ago, public speaking had the same reputation negotiation has today:
- “Some people are just naturals”
- “You only really learn by doing”
- “You get better with experience”
All of that is partly true and completely unhelpful.
Toastmasters changed public speaking by doing one simple thing exceptionally well:
It turned a high-stakes skill into something people could practise safely, frequently, and socially.
Negotiation hasn’t had that shift yet.
Most negotiation “training” still looks like this:
- One workshop
- Lots of concepts
- A few role plays
- Then back to real negotiations… alone
Which is why so many capable professionals still say:
- “I know what I should do, I just don’t do it in the moment”
- “It made sense in the training room, but not under pressure”
- “I revert to old habits when it matters”
That’s not a motivation problem. It’s a practice problem.
Phil explains why The Negotiation Club is like Toastmasters and other sports clubs.
The Negotiation Club is built on the same operating system as Toastmasters
If you already respect what Toastmasters does, you already understand the logic behind The Negotiation Club.
The structure is deliberately familiar:
- Regular meetings
- Short, focused practice reps
- Clear roles (negotiator, observer, spokesperson, team roles)
- Feedback on behaviour, not theory
- Gradual increase in challenge
Just as Toastmasters doesn’t expect you to become confident after one speech, The Negotiation Club doesn’t pretend you’ll become an effective negotiator after one course.
It’s designed for skill development over time, not one-off inspiration.
Why negotiation needs practice even more than speaking
There’s an important difference between the two skills.
When you speak
- People can see you
- Performance is observable
- Feedback is immediate
When you negotiate
- It usually happens behind closed doors
- Outcomes are mistaken for skill
- Poor habits often go unnoticed... even rewarded
That makes negotiation harder to improve without a practice environment.
The Negotiation Club solves this by making negotiation visible again:
- Observers watch what happens moment by moment
- Teams see where value was conceded unnecessarily
- Individuals spot emotional reactions they didn’t realise they had
- Micro-skills are isolated and practised deliberately
This is the negotiation equivalent of standing up to speak every week until nerves stop running the show.
Why practice beats one-off training (and always has)
Training is good at creating awareness. Practice is what creates behaviour change under pressure.
This is why club-based learning works:
- Skills are revisited repeatedly instead of being “covered once”
- Feedback is built into the process, not bolted on afterwards
- Progress is measured in behaviour, not confidence claims
- Pressure is introduced gradually, not all at once
Toastmasters members don’t attend once and leave. Confidence grows quietly over months. The Negotiation Club applies that same approach to a skill that most people only ever practise live, for real, with consequences.
Which is an expensive way to learn.
This isn’t about replacing training; it’s about what happens after
Toastmasters didn’t replace speaking courses. It gave people somewhere to use what they learned.
The Negotiation Club plays the same role:
- After a course
- Alongside a role
- During career progression
- Before higher-stakes negotiations arrive
It’s not about becoming aggressive, clever, or tactical.
It’s about becoming:
- calmer
- clearer
- more deliberate
- more consistent
If you already “get” Toastmasters, you already get this
If you’ve ever thought:
- “Toastmasters really works”
- “Practice is why people improve”
- “Confidence comes from doing, not knowing”
Then The Negotiation Club should make immediate sense.
It’s not a course. It’s not a quick fix. It’s a practice environment for a skill that shapes careers.
Toastmasters did this for speaking...The Negotiation Club exists to do it for negotiation.
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