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Negotiation Essentials

Negotiation Essentials
To enrol into this course please navigate to the Upcoming courses page on the IPAA NSW website and search to see if the course is available. If there are no available courses please contact the IPAA NSW Learning team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected]

This course is also available for in-house delivery. For more information please contact the Learning team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected] for a quote.

Course Overview


This course will help you influence people and negotiate, even in difficult situations. It will strengthen your confidence and credibility in negotiations; encourage frank, productive discussion to build mutual understanding and generate options; encourage flexibility and options; influence others’ thinking, encouraging openness and agreement; demonstrate understanding and awareness of others’ circumstances and interests; manage difficult relationships, especially in high-conflict situations; and deal confidently and assertively with power tactics, anger, frustration, and resistance.

Learning Outcomes


  • Learn a robust approach for preparing and holding negotiations
  • Identify the high-gain information needed for effective negotiations
  • Balance firmness with flexibility, maintaining credibility while encouraging productive dialogue
  • Increase ability to influence outcomes and resolutions
  • Evaluate the relative strengths of the two sides
  • Manage challenging relationships
  • Use strategies for managing anger, frustration, resistance and negativity
  • Negotiate assertively and confidently in challenging situations, responding effectively to tricks and power tactics.

NSW Public Sector Framework Capabilities


This course is targeted at Intermediate to Adept level. The following behaviours from the framework are covered:

Relationships: Influence and negotiate

  • Negotiate from an informed and credible position.
  • Encourage others to talk, share and debate ideas to achieve a consensus.
  • Recognise and explain the need for compromise.
  • Influence others with a fair and considered approach and sound arguments.
  • Show sensitivity and understanding in resolving conflicts and differences.
  • Identify and resolve issues in discussion with other staff and stakeholders.


Enquiries: For more information on our learning programs, please contact the IPAA NSW Learning Team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected].
 
Terms and Conditions
Payments

Payment is required prior to attending the event or course. Please contact an IPAA NSW staff member if an exception is required.

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Cancellation policy - Events
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the event – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the event – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the event – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the event are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Scheduled Courses
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the start date – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the start date – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the start date – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the start date are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Self-paced Courses
  • Cancellations are not permitted.

Note: If you do not cancel and do not attend and event or course, 100% of the fee must be paid.

Transfer policy - Events
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Substitute nominees may attend in your place where deemed appropriate; however, if a member wishes to substitute a non-member in their place the full fee will be payable.
Transfer policy - Scheduled Courses
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Your course registration can be transferred to another course without penalty if requested more than 10 business days prior to the course start date. Otherwise, the above cancellation policy applies. Transfers can only be requested when the course fee has been paid in full.
  • Transferring your registration to another person can be done at any time without penalty if nominee details are provided within a minimum of 2 business days prior to the course start date. Transferring from a member to a non-member will result in a fee increase in line with the non-member course fee.
Transfer policy - Self-paced Courses 
  • Transfers to another course are not allowed for self-paced courses.
We may in our discretion waive cancellation charges in exceptional circumstances, but we will not waive cancellation charges on account of work commitments.

Program Changes

IPAA NSW reserves the right to change programs/speakers/venue, or to cancel programs if the enrolment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond our control prevail. All registrants will be notified in the event of cancellation and their registration fee will be refunded.

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