The Negotiation Club Blog

"Where negotiation becomes a skill you practice, not just something you read about."

Welcome to The Negotiation Club Blog

Whether you’re closing business deals, handling day-to-day discussions or preparing for high-stakes conversations, this blog is your practical guide to sharpening your negotiation skills. Our articles focus on real-world examples, actionable techniques and lessons drawn from live negotiating sessions – not just theory.

Explore the blog, practise what you learn, and start becoming the negotiator you were meant to be.

Title for the National Apprenticeship Week 2024 and how negotiation is a great skill to have on these schemes.

Why Negotiation Practice Improves Apprenticeships? apprenticeship graduate

Apprenticeships are designed to build capability, not just knowledge. Yet many programmes leave workplace negotiation to chance — even though apprentices quickly find themselves navigating prioriti...

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Why do Negotiation Club Members Improve Negotiation Skills? club night observation

Sergio is just one of our dedicated club members, hailing from Italy he led last night's exhilarating negotiation practice session for the TNC EUROPE Club.

Sergio, who manages the TNC Club Itali...

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Watching 113 Negotiations Gave Me Sore Feet club night

This week I watched (and supported) a lot of negotiation practice: corporate sessions, law students, and a negotiation competition.

The result: 52 people practising on purpose, delivering 113 se...

Competition cups for the negotiation challenge.

How the TNC prepares you for the TNC?! the negotiation challenge

The Negotiation Challenge is one of the longest-running competitive negotiation events in the world, and it pushes negotiators to apply skills under pressure, adapt to dynamic circumstances, and re...

An image of a group of law students practicing their negotiation skills using the Negotiation Cards

Nottingham Law School Unleash Their Students Negotiation Skills nottingham law school skills students workshop

Many of us have struggled to apply negotiation knowledge even when we understand the theory. Negotiation mastery isn’t about knowing concepts — it’s about doing them in real conversation and refini...

Open Questions: Powerful Lessons from last nights Negotiation Club meeting club night

Last night’s Negotiation Club meeting delivered a simple reminder: it’s easy to feel confident after asking a “good” open question — and still be wrong.

We built an open question that we believed ...

Illustration of a robotic head pointing to itself, symbolising AI’s future impact on procurement and the need for negotiation skills as a key USP.

The New Procurement AI Skills Set?! ai negotiations procurement

AI is transforming procurement — from data crunching to supplier insights — but it doesn’t replace the need for human negotiation skill. While tools can research, benchmark, and model, the nuance o...

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The Negotiation Club Blog

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