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"Where negotiation becomes a skill you practice, not just something you read about."

Welcome to The Negotiation Club Blog

 

Whether you’re closing business deals, handling day-to-day discussions or preparing for high-stakes conversations, this blog is your practical guide to sharpening your negotiation skills. Our articles focus on real-world examples, actionable techniques and lessons drawn from live negotiating sessions – not just theory.

Explore the blog, practise what you learn, and start becoming the negotiator you were meant to be.

 


 

The First Global Athens Negotiations Tournament competition

 

Something genuinely special is launching this year in the world of negotiation education.

After eight years as a highly regarded national competition in Greece, the Athens Negotiations Tournament ...

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Why Negotiation Training Matters More in 2026 training

 

Negotiation training is no longer optional for SMEs in 2026. But training alone is just not enough.

  

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Emotional Intelligence in Negotiation: Why It Is Not a Tactic (Until You Practise It) emotional intelligence observation summarise

 

Emotional Intelligence is frequently described as a critical negotiation skill, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood.

It is often treated as a personality trait — something you either “hav...

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Negotiation Micro Moments: Why Small Decisions Shape Big Outcomes budget micro-moments proposals

 

Most negotiations do not fail because of a single bad proposal.

They fail because of small, often unnoticed decisions made along the way.

These decisions—how a question is asked, when a pause is ...

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Five Reasons Negotiation Skills Build Confidence as a Small Business Owners business owners confidence sme

 


 

For small business owners, negotiation moments are constant: pricing discussions, scope changes, late payments, supplier pushback, client objections and those uncomfortable conversations you w...

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Using 2-Variable Negotiation Cards in Practice 2 variables

 

It's 2026 and at the GOLD Negotiation Club meeting this week, we focused on short, structured negotiations designed to create repeated practice opportunities within a shared group setting.

 

Ca...

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CPD at The Negotiation Club continuous professional development negotiation skills development

 

“CPD” can be reduced to a tick-box exercise: attend a webinar, download a slide deck, file a certificate, move on. Yet, professional competence does not improve through exposure alone. It improves ...

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