Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation

We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no?

How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?

In Getting Past No, William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. You’ll learn how to:

• STAY IN CONTROL UNDER PRESSURE

• DEFUSE ANGER AND HOSTILITY

• FIND OUT WHAT THE OTHER SIDE REALLY WANTS

• COUNTER DIRTY TRICKS

• USE POWER TO BRING THE OTHER SIDE BACK TO THE TABLE

• REACH AGREEMENTS THAT SATISFY BOTH SIDES’ NEEDS

Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You don’t have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!

From the co-author of the two-million copy bestseller "Getting to Yes, " a state-of-the-art book on negotiation in the '90s. Featuring an all-new chapter to familiarize readers with the main concepts of "Getting to Yes" and other negotiation strategies, "Getting Past No" reveals how to turn adversaries into negotiating partners.

We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no?

How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?

In Getting Past No, William Ury of Harvard Law Schools Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. Youll learn how to:

• Stay in control under pressure

• Defuse anger and hostility

• Find out what the other side really wants

• Counter dirty tricks

• Use power to bring the other side back to the table

• Reach agreements that satisfies both sides' needs

Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You dont have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!

A world-renowned negotiator, mediator, and bestselling author, William Ury directs the Global Negotiation Project at Harvard University. Over the last thirty years he has helped millions of people, hundreds of organizations, and numerous countries at war reach satisfying agreements.