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

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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.

 


 

Five Reasons Negotiation Skills Build Confidence as a Small Business Owners business owners confidence sme

 


 

For small business owners, negotiation moments are constant: pricing discussions, scope changes, late payments, supplier pushback, client objections and those uncomfortable conversations you w...

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Using 2-Variable Negotiation Cards in Practice 2 variables

 

It's 2026 and at The GOLD Negotiation Club this week, we focused on short, structured negotiations designed to create repeated practice opportunities within a shared group setting.

 

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CPD at The Negotiation Club continuous professional development negotiation skills development

 

“CPD” can be reduced to a tick-box exercise: attend a webinar, download a slide deck, file a certificate, move on. Yet, professional competence does not improve through exposure alone. It improves ...

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How to Handle Non-Negotiable Terms: Lessons from the EU’s Digital Rule-Book commercial negotiation eu digital rule-book negotiation practice negotiation skills development negotiation tactics non-negotiable terms

 

When the European Commission recently stated that its digital rule-book is “not up for negotiation” despite external pressure from the United States, it gave us more than a political headline. It...

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What a 100% Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Could Mean. role play tariffs trump

 

(The world of negotiation rarely happens in isolation. External forces — from politics to tariffs — can transform even a straightforward deal into a complex challenge. Our ROLE PLAY scenario, "Film...

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Impossibile: When Italians Negotiation culture impossible language

 

At The Negotiation Club, we held a session with participants joining from around the globe — including Mexico, Ukraine, Italy and the USA. Our focus was on practising the Either/Or tactic, but as i...

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How to Spot a Bluff in Negotiation (and How to Respond) anchoring bluffing misrepresentation range silence

 

Bluffing has been a part of human interaction for as long as we’ve been negotiating. From card tables to corporate boardrooms, we instinctively “signal strength” to influence others. But what exact...

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