{"id":1573,"date":"2019-04-09T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T12:27:39","slug":"how-negotiators-prepare-for-conference-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/how-negotiators-prepare-for-conference-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"How Negotiators Prepare for Conference Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Negotiation as a profession is a high-pressure job, and one in which negotiators could definitely do without the additional stress of issues with technology when in conference calls.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Negotiation as the art of persuasion has become a well-known clich\u00e9, but is a premise that holds true. Negotiators, as such, have a difficult job to carry out. Think about having to persuade your housemate to do their share of the cleaning or asking your boss for time off before the release of a key product. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your success depends on how effective you are as a communicator and, ultimately, whether you are able to structure your argument in a way that allows you to persuade the other party to cede to your demands, whether they are fair and just or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In their work, negotiators need to prepare in-depth analysis which covers all of the angles. This means understanding all aspects of the question in hand, some deep digging and groundwork to understand who their opponent is, and, perhaps, put them on the back foot so that they can emerge victorious from the negotiation process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In fact, the most important negotiation skill is the ability to prepare well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another important aspect, is the human factor: not so much the arguments and facts themselves but the person who is leading the negotiation, how good their soft skills are and how they are able to present themselves and voice their arguments. <\/span><\/p>\n

So how then, do these professionals cope in situations when the negotiation process is conducted by an online conference call?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sound and voice is key to putting an argument across. We change the way we speak to different people all the time, so when holding a teleconference call (especially without video), negotiators need to pay specific attention to how they voice their arguments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Certainly, business negotiations in any case can be highly unpredictable, but there are additional issues that can arise with conducting negotiations via audio conferencing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five common problems negotiators face in conference calls<\/b><\/h2>\n