Monday, September 10, 2012
Negotiate and Win using body language
In times of economic crisis, you can still get a positive result when you negotiate, but you must use slightly different tactics and increase your skill when it comes to reading body language. It 'a fact that people will seek to maximize the use of their resources during a recession or other economically challenged times. If you can read and interpret body language (nonverbal signals), you will have a better understanding of gestures and other responses received during the negotiation.
A lot of people believe the person who negotiates his / her own ground has an advantage. To some extent this is true. There are other factors that enter into the composition of that advantage. First, the person who receives a benefit that situation is right. Now some of you might think, what if both individuals, groups, teams perceive this as an advantage? Guess', both sides are right. The proof is in the result.
If you are good at interpreting body language, you 'capture' signs and signals that you can use to your advantage. When someone enters the environment, they know where everything is more than likely, they feel comfortable in that environment. How then can we improve the probability that the result will be more favorable for you or your team? There are several ways to do this.
If you started to act very comfortable in that environment, as the result of sending signals of body language that suggests you are very comfortable and 'at home', you can neutralize perceived benefit of the other person. What else could be done to take advantage of another person in your environment? You can view the images that your partner has negotiated in their environment. Is your negotiating partner detention of persons in the photo? They are held? Who is pictured? Is a loved one, a leader, a member yet? How does it work? What is the expression on your face?
The reason it is so important to observe, 'pick up', and interpret non-verbal cues in those scenes is that clues you in that person's character and makeup. If the person you are dealing with is in a photo with a member of the opposite sex, you can ask who the individual is. After receiving an answer, which is the time to observe other aspects of the photo. As mentioned above, not your negotiating partner to have their arm around the other person? This shows a sign of dominance. The person that you are dealing with the person who had his arm around them? It would be a sign of being dominated. The clearance between people in the image. This distance will give you vision of 'space' your trading partners like you. If your partner is negotiating with pictures of scenes in his inanimate environment that intuition can lead one to suppose that the person may not be the kind of warm and touchy feely. Keep in mind that these photos are a snapshot in time, but how do you negotiate, you can use the interpretation of these scenes to your advantage.
Understand, there are a myriad of subtle signals that you can see when you're in someone else's environment. As such, there is no need to be at a disadvantage. You can take the advantage from the other person. You only need to use different tactics and increase awareness of nonverbal cues.
The best bet is to interpret the subtle signals, the better to interpret body language and, therefore, the better for you ... and all is right with the world.
The negotiation lessons are ...
* You can gain an advantage when you're in an environment of someone. The accurate interpretation of their body language in their environment will be the source of their advantage.
* Invest time and effort it takes to learn to control non-verbal signals your body sends. Once you become good at sending the right signal at the right time, in the right situation, you win more negotiations. In this case, the signal would be the right one that best aligns with the result you want.
* Always consider the possibility of negotiating in someone else's environment as a strategic tactic .......
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