Negotiation Technique
Negotiation Technique
TECHNIQUES
FOR ENGINEERS & TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS IN OIL & GAS
A mixture of theory, examples and practical exercises are used, so that participants understand the principles and get an
opportunity to try them out. The case studies used are real cases encountered in the oil and gas industry.
By attending this course participants will add to their technical know-how a core competence in negotiation skills. They will
thus become formidable negotiating opponents.
Over the last 15 years, David has worked with a broad range of multinational businesses across the globe in a wide range of
negotiation related roles including:
He has many years of teaching experience to technical staff both in a corporate setting and in an academic setting for the
University of Melbourne in Australia. Several thousand people from around the world have benefited from his courses. He
brings an engineer’s practical perspective, and can readily empathise with technical staff making forays into the commercial
world of negotiations. David also co-authored the Patterns of Excellence book (ISBN 0273638769, published by Financial
Times Management) with Professor Danny Samson. This has been adopted by a number of blue chip companies as the core
text for management development.
CORPORATE EXPERIENCE:
• 15 years with Shell in a broad range of international and domestic technical and managerial and change management
roles.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
• 5 Years with McKinsey Consulting Group
• 4 Years with Melbourne Business School
DAY TWO
What we have learnt so far? Lunch
• Thorough preparation is key, goals, concessions etc Impact of different cultures on international negotiations
• Know more of the detail than the other side
• Using creative thinking to develop options for mutual gain • Tactical use of interpreters
(making the pie bigger) • Separating the people from the problem
• Differences in the decision process in different cultures
Managing specific aspects of the meeting
Managing the close
• Style of the meeting (collaborative or aggressive)
• How to create a climate for success • How to test when the other side is ready to close
• Using creative thinking to develop options for mutual gain • Different techniques to promote closure
(making the pie bigger)
• Get yourself in the other party’s shoes The Agreement
• Do’s and don’ts to improve question asking ability
• Ensure that the key points of the agreement are
• Managing confrontation, conflict, intimidation and anger documented as you go along
• The benefits of parallel informal discussions on specific • These should be agreed at the end of the meeting
aspects • He who writes the minutes wins!!
• Managing the “experts”
• Use of time and time-outs – giving yourself time to think Exercise: Utara Off-Shore high voltage motors. UOS has historically
• Record stage agreements as you go. How should these repaired and overhauled its high voltage electric motors using its
agreements be recorded and by whom? own technicians. High voltage availability and maintenance costs
are reasonable but certainly not world class. UOS has offers from
Coffee two motor repair contractors for the complete monitoring,
overhaul and repair of these machines with payment based on the
Bargaining future availability of the turbines.
• Ensuring the negotiator opposite has the authority to Teams of participants will act as client and contractor. Each
strike a deal himself contractor aims to win the job. The aim is for the client side to
• The benefits of limited authority come up with a clear “best value” option. This may be to stay with
• Avoiding getting stuck into a position own maintenance or let to a contractor.
• The power of simple solutions
• Have patience Tea
• Use of force majeure
• Using time and time-outs to give yourself time to think • Summarising the negotiation process
• Nibbles • Final questions and clarifications
• Individual action plans for return to work
Exercise:
Utara Refinery wants to introduce a grading system for its Course questionnaires & close
technicians. The idea is to encourage the acquisition of additional
skills. Teams of participants will act as client and union to strike a
deal.
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