{"id":5789,"date":"2026-10-05T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariamunozroca.com\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:55:43","slug":"%f0%9f%91%80-in-a-negotiation-we-dont-always-look-in-the-same-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariamunozroca.com\/en\/%f0%9f%91%80-en-una-negociacion-no-siempre-miramos-en-la-misma-direccion\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc40 In a negotiation, we don&#039;t always look in the same direction."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo from our workshop, The Art of Negotiating, at the Badalona Chamber of Commerce, has made me reflect on negotiation: <strong>Each person enters a negotiation with their own objectives, interests, needs, and priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#039;s where the real challenge begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because <strong>A negotiation isn&#039;t about sitting down with the other person and starting to talk. Negotiation begins much earlier.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf El antes de la negociaci\u00f3n es decisivo<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before entering a negotiation meeting, we need to do our own research and come prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0e <strong>Obtain as much information as possible<\/strong> about the other party, their company, their situation and the context in which the negotiation takes place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83e\udde9 <strong>Knowing their interests:<\/strong> What does he really want to achieve? What&#039;s behind his initial position?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Determine your needs and priorities:<\/strong> What is essential for her? What can be secondary? Where can she have leeway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc <strong>Identify your preferred interests:<\/strong> Not everything has the same value for the other party. Knowing which elements are truly important helps us find potential points of agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfad <strong>Understand their negotiation style:<\/strong> Is he more competitive? Collaborative? Avoidant?\u2026 Understanding how he approaches a negotiation allows us to prepare better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udce9 Y hasta un detalle aparentemente peque\u00f1o puede aportar informaci\u00f3n: <strong>How did you write to us?<\/strong><br>The tone of their email, the words they use, what they highlight, what they insist on or what they don&#039;t mention... all of this can offer us clues about their priorities and expectations for our negotiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcda Cuanta m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n tengamos <strong>before the meeting<\/strong>, This will allow us to better define our objectives, our alternatives, our concessions, and our strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83e\udd1d Y entonces llega una segunda idea fundamental:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The other party in the negotiation is not our adversary. They are part of the team.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although we may initially be looking in different directions, <strong>we can build a shared direction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a negotiation there may be two or three parties with different interests, but the goal should not simply be for one to win and the other to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real value lies in reaching agreements <strong>win-win<\/strong>, in which both parties consider that the result obtained is worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because a negotiation shouldn&#039;t be framed solely as: <strong>\u201cWhat can I achieve?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But also as: <strong>\u201cWhat can we build together?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that completely changes the perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we seek a sustainable agreement, we are thinking beyond the immediate outcome:<br>\u27a1\ufe0f En mantener la relaci\u00f3n<br>\u27a1\ufe0f En generar confianza<br>\u27a1\ufe0f En fidelizar<br>\u27a1\ufe0f En abrir nuevas oportunidades<br>\u27a1\ufe0f En seguir colaborando en el futuro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The agreement is the starting point, not the end point.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to finalize a negotiation and be able to think:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cToday we have found a path that allows us to continue walking together tomorrow.\u201d<\/strong> \ud83d\udeb6\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because <strong>Negotiating well doesn&#039;t mean imposing your will. It means understanding, building, and finding an agreement that allows both parties to move forward together.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\ude4f \ud83d\udc9c <strong>Thank you to all the students in Badalona today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have been incredibly active: many questions, many examples and, above all, many real-life situations from your daily professional lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#039;s how we built the workshop together, by negotiating!.<strong>\ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I propose to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong>How do you prepare for your negotiations? Do you plan or improvise? Do you know your counterparts?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Different interests. Different perspectives. One common path.<\/strong> \ud83e\udd1d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#Negotiation #Communication #ActiveListening #WinWin #Leadership #SoftSkills #Customer Loyalty #Collaboration #Training<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each person enters a negotiation with their own objectives, interests, needs, and priorities. 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