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Leadership development and OD

Effective negotiation for leaders

Negotiation is part of everyday working life, whether you’re managing workloads, influencing decisions, or navigating difficult conversations. Yet most of us are expected to negotiate well without ever being taught how. This introductory course will help you recognise negotiation in your daily work and start to build the confidence needed to reach better outcomes while maintaining strong relationships.

Duration Details 1 Hours
Course Icon 5 Modules
Event Icon Beginner
User Details Managers and leaders

What you'll learn

  • What do we mean by effective negotiation?
  • How to prepare for a negotiation and not leave things to chance
  • Five different negotiation techniques, how to recognise your own default conflict style, and learn how to adapt your approach to suit the situation and achieve better outcomes.
  • How to use soft negotiation techniques and psychological strategies, like anchoring and reframing, to create the right environment for negotiation, which sets the tone for productive, respectful dialogue.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for leaders who negotiate as part of their role, but the skills are relevant to anyone who wants to communicate more clearly, influence decisions, and navigate everyday workplace conversations with confidence.

Facilitators

Jim Timpson
Joint Managing Director - Membership

Jim joined NHS Elect in 2004 to set up the “Business of Healthcare” work-stream focusing on the financial sustainability of NHS services. This built on 7 years of experience in the IT recruitment business and 10 years of general management experience gained via the NHS Management Training Scheme. After a few years helping members on joint ventures, business cases, tender responses and negotiation strategies he was being asked to do increasing amounts of facilitation, change management and leadership development work. This prompted him to gain first a certificate in practice and then an MSc in Organisational Development from Roffey Park Institute. He still works on business oriented projects but a growing proportion of his time is devoted to work on resilience, conflict and culture.

Mark Leyshon
Director

An experienced commercial practitioner, Mark started his career in the automotive industry, supporting the introduction of kaizen practices within the supply chain, before working on the Channel Tunnel project prior to its launch. He then held senior posts in the utility industry, undertaking a management buyout (MBO), prior to setting up his own consultancy company supporting Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs). A strong negotiation and supply chain relationship expert, Mark has a particular interest in complexity, integration, power, trust, and influencing.

Learning materials

  • Videos and presentations
  • Activities to reinforce learning
  • A certificate of completion