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Negotiation Training for Individuals

Open (public) courses


We offer regular Open programmes in Advanced Negotiating Skills, Skills Builder and The Next Steps programmes across the UK (and the rest of the world, click here to find an office near you). This format is ideal for individuals, or where it is not possible for groups of 12 members of one company to be in training in the same week, or if organisations wish to trial the programme before a roll-out across the business.


Many of our Open course participants enjoy the opportunity to work with people from other backgrounds, roles and organisations. We only accept up to two people from each organisation onto each Open course, to ensure that a diverse mix of people is represented.


These courses typically run from 6pm Monday evening through until 2pm Thursday for the Advanced programme, 6pm Monday evening through until 5 pm Wednesday for the Skills Builder, and 8:30am Tuesday morning to 5pm Thursday for The Next Steps and are intensive, practical and fun. We take a maximum of 12 participants with two Scotwork tutors, which provides for plenty of personal feedback and participants will spend 80% of their time in practical activities.

 

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What you will learn on the Scotwork Advanced Negotiating Skills programme

 

The course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to manage complex negotiations in a professional, ethical, and competent manner, and to drive better deals in situations where long term relationships are important. The course allows participants to:

  • Understand the structure underlying all negotiations
  • Identify the appropriate skills used for negotiations
  • Practise these skills in a constructive learning environment
  • Deliver a measurable improvement in performance

A place on an Advanced Negotiating Skills open course in 2012 costs £1,965 + VAT in London, or £1,755 + VAT in the rest of the UK.

 

Accommodation/meals are extra and should be paid for by the participant at the end of the course to the hotel. We recommend staying at the hotel; however for those not doing so there is a Daily Delegate Rate.

 

 

What will you learn on the Scotwork Skills Builder programme


The Scotwork Skills Builder course is designed to continue participants' development and deployment of negotiation skills learnt from the Advanced Negotiating Skills course. The course is only available to participants who have already been through the Advanced programme with Scotwork and have since had 6 months to practice the skills learnt. The 2 day course allows participants to:

  • to revisit and practise the skills you learned
  • to reacquaint yourself with the 8 Step Approach
  • to test your recall of the negotiating process
  • to negotiate new cases handling different types of conflict
  • to improve your negotiating observation and analysis techniques
  • to develop your recognition of value creation opportunities
  • to help you attain your personal and transactional goals
  • to build your confidence levels

A place on a Skills Builder open course in 2012 costs £1,310 + VAT in London and £1,170 + VAT in the rest of the UK.

 

Accommodation/meals are extra and should be paid for by the participant at the end of the course to the hotel. We recommend staying at the hotel; however for those not doing so there is a Daily Delegate Rate.

 


What will you learn on the Scotwork The Next Steps programme

 

The Next Steps course provides participants with an in-depth knowledge of the strategic implications of negotiating in long term commercial business relationships. The course is only available to participants who have already been through the Advanced programme with Scotwork, and have since had 6 months to practice the skills learnt.


Course content will cover:

  • Thinking beyond the transactional level to the strategic level
  • An Advanced Preparation document
  • Using Strategic Objectives and Guiding Principles
  • Applying the P.O.D.E.L. strategic analysis tool
  • Deploying Wish and Concession Lists in a more creative manner
  • Analysing Buyer and Seller behaviour and using it to inform negotiating strategy
  • Understanding and engaging with the other party
  • Coached development of a personal Advanced Preparation document


 

A place on a The Next Steps Open course in the UK costs £2,250 + VAT.

 

Accommodation/meals are extra and should be paid for by the participant at the end of the course to the hotel. We recommend staying at the hotel; however for those not doing so there is a Daily Delegate Rate.

 

 

 

 

 

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Our Negotiators

Stephen White

Stephen is the Managing Partner of Scotwork UK. Raised and educated in England, he read Commerce and Law at Leeds University, graduating in 1970. He acquired his business negotiating skills in sales and marketing management positions with Metal Box (now Crown Holdings) and Reed International PLC, over a period of 12 years.

Robin Copland

Robin graduated in 1975 with a BA in Economics and Politics and went on in 1976 to take a Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy. He spent three years in FMCG as a salesperson and latterly Account Manager, working for J M McCurrach Ltd.