Graduate Negotiation Training

Soft skills are essential for young professionals, especially in navigating the complexities of today’s workplace. Graduate and Apprenticeship programmes are vital in nurturing these skills, but negotiation skills stand out for encompassing a broad range of soft skills such as communication, empathy, adaptability, and problem-solving. By focusing on practicing negotiation, we not only enhance these abilities but also build resilience and confidence, making it one of the most effective methods for developing soft skills in an ever-changing environment.

Revolutionise Your Graduate Recruitment with Advanced Negotiation Training

 

Attracting and retaining high-quality graduates is more crucial than ever for sustained success and innovation in modern business. Our training in a graduate programme, with its specialised focus on negotiation training, is designed to be the cornerstone strategy for attracting the best UK talent, aligning perfectly with your role in shaping future leaders.

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Problem Solving

The capacity to identify, analyse, and solve complex problems underpins every negotiation. Problem-solving courses like negotiation develop graduates critical thinking skills and resourcefulness?

Leadership Skills

The negotiation process offers graduates the opportunity to demonstrate leadership qualities such as taking the initiative, team working and motivating others, which can set them apart from other graduates.

Communication Skills

It is essential to have excellent communication skills during negotiations, whether it is verbal or non-verbal, oral or written, to collaborate with colleagues, present ideas, and build relationships.

Critical Thinking

Through negotiation practice graduates develop critical thinking abilities to enable them to evaluate information, make sound judgments, and devise creative solutions to complex challenges, thereby adding value to the organisation.

Emotional Intelligence

Investing in the emotional intelligence of graduates equips them with the capacity to understand and manage their own emotions, navigate interpersonal dynamics effectively, and build strong relationships, all of which are crucial for success in the workplace and achievable through negotiation practice.

Team Work

Graduates benefit from working collaboratively in diverse teams, which enhances their interpersonal skills, promotes innovation, and develops a supportive culture within the organisation. Negotiation courses are perfect for students seeking teamwork opportunities.

Karim El Samad

"I definitely have more skills when these sessions were over rather than when they first started"

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"One of the best negotiation workshops I've attended. It was engaging and incredibly beneficial, placing a strong emphasis on practical application and insightful knowledge sharing!"

Curtis Crowley

"Fantastic experience - highly recommended!
Very well-organised, interactive and practical negotiation course"

The Programme That Sets Your Graduates Apart

Our tailored sessions, crafted by industry experts, provide immersive learning experiences. Each module is designed to challenge and stimulate your graduates, fostering a rapid development of essential skills.

In-Person Experience

Our in-person negotiation courses offer an unparalleled level of engagement, where participants can fully immerse themselves in the dynamic, hands-on activities that make learning not just effective, but incredibly fun. The energy in the room is contagious, creating an environment where you can practice and refine your skills with real-time feedback.

Virtual Mastery

Our video-based negotiation courses are designed to bring the same high-energy, interactive experience directly to you, no matter where your teams are. With engaging, live sessions and breakout rooms, they’ll enjoy the flexibility of online learning without missing out on the fun and collaborative practice that makes mastering negotiation so enjoyable.

Hybrid Flexibility

Whether you choose to join us in person or via video, you’ll benefit from our uniquely engaging approach. Both options are crafted to ensure that learning negotiation is not only deeply impactful but also an enjoyable, interactive experience that you’ll look forward to each time.

Unique Value Proposition

Graduates bring fresh perspectives, energy, and the latest skills to organisations, making them invaluable in driving growth and adaptation. Our programme is crafted to enhance these inherent qualities.

Comprehensive Skill Development

We offer more than just problem-solving courses. Our negotiation training develops critical thinking, leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence, which are crucial for workplace success.

Structured Sessions

Choose from 4 or 8 interactive sessions, delivered through Zoom by expert facilitator Philip Brown, focusing on practical, real-world negotiation tactics.

Cohort Flexibility

Each cohort can accommodate as few as 4 participants, a maximum of 20 participants via video or as many as 40 in-person while still ensuring personalised attention and collaborative learning.

Exclusive Resources

Participants receive a Negotiation Practice Deck of Negotiation Cards(R) and a prestigious "negotiation certificate" upon completion.

CPD Accreditation

Each Graduate is awarded a Certificate of Participation and 6 CPD hours to contribute towards any industry association of further qualification.

 

What does each session entail?

S1: Negotiation Introduction

'New' can be uncomfortable and when it comes to practicing negotiation skills for the first time there will be many anxieties at play.

This session is about making the teams comfortable with practicing negotiations with others and introduces the use of Negotiation CardsÂź as a means to practice using one controlled variable.

S2: Practice with Purpose

Each and every one of us negotiates but we very rarely understand what it is that we're doing. This session introduces negotiation tactics in a non-theoretical but practical approach.

Delegates have access to a number of key negotiation tactics in advance of the session and will then attempt to “practice with purpose” a tactic during their negotiation.

S3: Observation Skills

We often fail to articulate the negotiation “story” and in this session we introduce methods of recording observations and use these observations to deliver peer-to-peer feedback.

This form of Observation will elevate your teams ability to impact the value of any negotiation.

S4: Multi-Variable Negotiations

Negotiations can be complex, and this session introduces multi-variable Negotiation CardsŸ for challenging negotiations.

Additional techniques are shown for recording the movement in a negotiation and how preparation is critical to negotiation success.

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S5: Negotiation Preparation

Getting prepared for a negotiation can make a huge difference, but we often lack the time and experience to do so.

The purpose of this practice session is to identify the 2 types of preparation and show how to prepare and practice so that they become easier to prepare on a routine basis, and so give you the best chance to make preparation a success.

S6: Rejections in Negotiations

Despite being part of the negotiation process, rejection can also be emotionally challenging, leading to mistakes in judgement.

In this session, we explore two critical rejection forms and practice them so that we can gain a stronger understanding of rejection.

S7: Team Roles

A team negotiation is one of the most underutilised forms of negotiation.

Having a structured and uniformed team can make a huge difference in the performance of the individuals and the company's results. As well as building commercial resilience, it is also a useful tool for sharing best practices across different teams members.

S8: Team Negotiations

In addition to improving the team's ability to deliver outstanding results, practicing specific negotiation roles provides individuals with an opportunity to further enhance their personal abilities.

Team morale and team development can be transformed by problem solving, observation, and managing complexity in team negotiations.

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The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers

Each year The Times publishes its Top 100 Graduate Employees which takes into account interviews with thousands of students who are asked to identify the employer they feel offers the best opportunities for graduates.

Many students will use the "employer proposition" such as the quality of the graduate training and development an employer offers to recognise the value of the scheme.

A company's brand name will mean a great deal but reputations can be eroded quickly if the experience doesn't live up to the promise.

The critical need for comprehensive training initiatives within Graduate Schemes, shows how they serve as catalysts for attracting, nurturing, and retaining top-tier talent within businesses.

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