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職場(chǎng)與戰場(chǎng)上談判的相同點(diǎn)
You think negotiating a raise is tough? Try convincing an Afghan elder to identify Taliban fighters in his own community.
Negotiating is not confined to the office and the car dealership. In fact, some of the best deal-brokers have worn fatigues.
Jeff Weiss is familiar with negotiating both on and off the battlefield. As a partner at Boston consulting firm Vantage Partners, Weiss helps corporations and executives handle disputes and hammer out better agreements. He also spends a good chunk of every year doing the same thing for cadets at West Point. Weiss has spent the better part of a decade studying battlefield negotiations and figuring out what works and what doesn't in a hostile foreign country.
The goal is for a soldier to forge alliances in unknown territory where every move is being carefully watched, time is of the essence and a faction is very much interested in the soldier's failure. Hopefully, starting a new job is not as dangerous, but many of the same dynamics are in play in the workplace.
The key to thriving in a new environment, according to Weiss, is controlling the nagging sense that you are making a major mistep. Danger, and the fear that it incites, triggers a cavalcade of reactions that could start someone off on the wrong foot, most notably a tendency to rush, make threats and too easily concede vital points to mitigate tension. In other words, it helps to stay calm, yet confident.
'Many of us walk around with a default setting and a belief that to be a good negotiator you should use threats, anchoring, bluffing, banging the table and a general show of power,' Weiss said. 'Frankly, what I have seen in good negotiators — whether they are a 30-year-old captain in the Army or a 40-year old salesman — are folks that say 'There's a time and a place to do that, and it's not often.''
Here are some of the other pieces of advice that Weiss has gleaned from men and women in uniform:
1. Get the Big Picture
Get a lay of the land at the outset, particularly the opinions and viewpoints of other parties. In other words, don't dive in and try striking deals right away. Be humble and curious.
2. Uncover and Elaborate
Learn the motivations and concerns behind your counterparts' opinions. Propose multiple solutions and invite the other parties to improve on them.
3. Elicit Genuine Buy-in
Avoid threats. Win others to your side with reasoned arguments, not power plays or brute force.
4. Build Trust First
Directly linked to No. 4, this tactic is all about building a foundation of success. Don't try to 'buy' support. Rather, make incremental commitments of good faith.
5. Focus on process
Forget about results, or lack thereof. Put your energy into having a healthy and robust discussion free from knee-jerk reactions.
Do any of you have something else to add to that list? If so, weigh in. Ten-hut!
How often do you find yourself negotiating in the workplace? Do you think you're a strong negotiator? What are your bargaining weaknesses?
你以為跟老板談加薪很難?那去試試說(shuō)服一個(gè)阿富汗老人指認社區里的(Taliban)分子呢。
談判并不僅限于辦公室和汽車(chē)專(zhuān)賣(mài)店。事實(shí)上,一些最善于談判的人來(lái)自軍隊。
杰夫維斯(Jeff Weiss)對職場(chǎng)和戰場(chǎng)的談判技巧都很熟悉。作為波士頓Vantage Partners咨詢(xún)公司的合伙人,維斯協(xié)助企業(yè)和高管處理爭端,達成更好的協(xié)議。他每年還花不少時(shí)間在西點(diǎn)軍校(West Point)給新兵培訓談判技巧。他近十年的相當一部分時(shí)間花在戰場(chǎng)談判的課題研究上,分析在敵對國的環(huán)境下哪些原則是管用的,哪些則不管用。
培訓的目的是讓軍人在一個(gè)不熟悉的國家尋求到盟友,在那種環(huán)境下,每一步都必須小心應對,時(shí)間至關(guān)重要,而內訌往往導致任務(wù)失敗。在職場(chǎng)上,開(kāi)始一份新工作不像打仗那么危機四伏,但也有很多相同的因素在發(fā)揮著(zhù)作用。
維斯說(shuō),在新環(huán)境中獲得成功的關(guān)鍵在于,控制頻繁干擾自己的負面情緒,不要認為自己正在犯下大錯誤。危險以及由此激發(fā)出來(lái)的恐懼感會(huì )引發(fā)一系列容易讓人出師不利的自然反應,最常見(jiàn)的就是急于求成、威脅別人,以及過(guò)于輕易地放棄重要籌碼以化解緊張態(tài)勢。也就是說(shuō),保持鎮定和自信是有好處的。
維斯說(shuō),我們中的很多人抱著(zhù)一個(gè)固有觀(guān)念,認為一個(gè)談判高手必須會(huì )威脅別人、能言善辯、虛張聲勢、大拍桌子,表現得非常強勢。說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà),我看過(guò)的談判高手—— 無(wú)論是30歲的陸軍上尉還是40歲的推銷(xiāo)員——都認同一個(gè)觀(guān)點(diǎn):要實(shí)現目標必須有天時(shí)地利,這種恰當的時(shí)點(diǎn)并不是經(jīng)常都有的。
下面是維斯根據軍中談判專(zhuān)家的經(jīng)驗提煉出來(lái)的一些建議。
1.了解資訊,掌握大局
出發(fā)前了解一些具體情況,尤其是其他各方的觀(guān)點(diǎn)和看法。也就是說(shuō),不要一下子扎進(jìn)去敲定一個(gè)交易,要謙虛,多問(wèn)問(wèn)題。
2.發(fā)現細節,善于發(fā)揮
了解談判對手觀(guān)點(diǎn)背后的動(dòng)機和顧慮,提出多個(gè)解決方案,邀請其他各方共同加以完善。
3.尋求真正的認同
避免做出威脅,通過(guò)有理有據的辯論把對方爭取過(guò)來(lái),而不是擺出一副氣勢洶洶的架勢,或者借助暴力手段。
4.首先建立信任
信任是成功的基石,不要試圖去“購買(mǎi)”支持,而要逐步建立起互信的關(guān)系。
5.關(guān)注過(guò)程
不要過(guò)多關(guān)注結果,集中精力進(jìn)行一個(gè)健康而積極的討論,避免盲目做出反應。
除此之外,你們還有什么想補充的?如果有的話(huà),歡迎加入討論。
你經(jīng)常在工作中與人談判嗎?你覺(jué)得自己是個(gè)談判能手嗎?你的弱點(diǎn)在哪里?
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