Critical Negotiation™ Skills
Learn how to negotiate by mastering techniques designed to handle even the most difficult negotiations.
Rethink how you negotiate with Critical Negotiation Skills
In today’s complex and hyper-competitive markets, the ability of companies to negotiate effectively with customers and suppliers is critical. Companies must avoid being outmatched as their customers and suppliers seek to gain full advantage in all aspects of a deal and a business relationship. To succeed over time, companies must lead negotiations with a win-win mindset and method that results in mutually beneficial outcomes.
Critical Negotiation Skills (CNS) is a purpose-built and research-based program for modern negotiations. The CNS method is artfully crafted to achieve win-win outcomes while maximizing one party’s benefits yet still satisfying the other party. CNS offers a robust model based on two Core Principles (Trust, Value) and four Negotiation Stages (Prepare, Open, Trade, Conclude).
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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations
Sales negotiations can be incredibly delicate endeavors with a lot hanging on the line. Through communication, compromise, and concessions, sellers must find the right balance protecting their own priorities while keeping the customer’s interest in mind. Learn what an effective negotiations process looks like in today’s marketplace and how you can improve your overall sales negotiations game.
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Learn MoreCritical Negotiations™ Skills FAQ
Teaching proper sales negotiation skills early on in the career of a sales rep is a fantastic way to start them on a path to success as well as seasoned sales professionals. The five major negotiation styles that Janek teaches improves the negotiating ability of a new sales person, giving them the confidence and skills to succeed as their career develops.
The foundation of the model focused on trust and value. The model provides a four-step approach for effective negotiations including Prepare, Open, Trade and Conclude.
Successful negotiations are based on mutually beneficial relationships and an adoption of a “both/and” mindset, while rejecting an “either/or” mindset.
Critical Negotiations Skills is designed for sales professionals looking to improve their overall approach to sales negotiation strategy. CNS is also designed for strategic account managers, account executives, and anyone in a client-facing role that needs to successfully handle difficult conversation and tough clients.
The Critical Sales Negotiations training program includes workbooks, tools, and other training materials that can be delivered via print or digital for on-going use. The program itself covers a wide range of topics on every aspect of negotiation skills, including a comprehensive training on the types of negotiation styles a salesperson is sure to encounter, as well as hands-on practice with Janek’s four-step collaborative approach to sales negotiations.
Critical Negotiation Skills provides a field-proven and research-backed approach to sales negotiation strategy. Your sales organization will benefit from enhanced confidence when negotiating with current and potential customers alongside a better understanding of the perspective that buyers have during the sales process; thus preserving margins and selling more so on value.
