Contents
Short & sweet: the basics of negotiating
- The 5 basic strategies of negotiation.
- He who asks, leads: Questioning techniques for negotiations.
- Success factors of negotiation & the success factors according to Harvard.
- The "master model of negotiation" and the phases of contemporary negotiation.
Psychology of negotiation
- Psycho-logical or more factual-logical? Addressee-oriented design of arguments and their application through effective argumentation patterns.
- The psychology of persuasion and possible applications of psychological mechanisms of action in the participants' everyday negotiations.
A basic understanding of your own culture
- What is culture?
- Cultural dimensions, self-perception and perception by others.
- What is actually typically German? - The influence of one's own culture on negotiating style.
Successful international negotiations
- Intercultural communication - impulses for the negotiating floor.
- Other countries, other customs - coherent behavior in an intercultural context.
- Kiss, bow or shake hands? Fault lines and pitfalls on the international stage.
- Cultural IQ - dealing with prejudices and hypotheses.
- Strategies for building lasting intercultural relationships.
Negotiations on the international stage
- Dealing with "difficult" discussion and negotiation partners.
- Recognizing and overcoming culture shocks.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
The participants
- know which aspects they should pay attention to in international negotiations.
- gain a better understanding of the impact of their own behavior in other cultures and practice alternative ways of behaving.
- train how to deal with different negotiation partners and review their own negotiation style.
- learn how to find out the true motives and wishes of their counterparts.
- learn how to recognize misunderstandings and develop viable options.
- learn to assert themselves against manipulative techniques.
- receive tips and professional feedback on their real-life situations.
Methods
Expert input, role plays plus feedback, case studies from the participants' own practice, discussion of participants' questions, group and individual work.
Recommended for
(Junior) managers, decision makers, specialists and all employees who want to prepare for negotiations with international partners .
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Start dates and details
Monday, 13.10.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 14.10.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Wednesday, 15.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 16.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Wednesday, 23.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 24.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.