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William Ury is the co--founder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation, where he directs the Project on Preventing War. One of the world's leading negotiation specialists, his past clients include dozens of Fortune 500 companies as well as the White House and Pentagon. Ury received his B.A. from Yale and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard. His books Getting to YES and Getting Past No have sold more than five million copies worldwide.
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Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution.
Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. Thoroughly updated and revised, it offers readers a straight- forward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting angry-or getting taken.
No is perhaps the most important and certainly the most powerful word in the language. Every day we find ourselves in situations where we need to say No–to people at work, at home, and in our communities–because No is the word we must use to protect ourselves and to stand up for everything and everyone that matters to us.
But as we all know, the wrong No can also destroy what we most value by alienating and angering people. That’s why saying No the right way is crucial. The secret to saying No without destroying relationships lies in the art of the Positive No, a proven technique that anyone can learn.
This indispensable book gives you a simple three-step method for saying a Positive No. It will show you how to assert and defend your key interests; how to make your No firm and strong; how to resist the other side’s aggression and manipulation; and how to do all this while still getting to Yes. In the end, the Positive No will help you get not just to any Yes but to the right Yes, the one that truly serves your interests.
Based on William Ury’s celebrated Harvard University course for managers and professionals, The Power of a Positive No offers concrete advice and practical examples for saying No in virtually any situation. Whether you need to say No to your customer or your coworker, your employee or your CEO, your child or your spouse, you will find in this book the secret to saying No clearly, respectfully, and effectively.
In today’s world of high stress and limitless choices, the pressure to give in and say Yes grows greater every day, producing overload and overwork, expanding e-mail and eroding ethics. Never has No been more needed. A Positive No has the power to profoundly transform our lives by enabling us to say Yes to what counts–our own needs, values, and priorities.
Understood this way, No is the new Yes. And the Positive No may be the most valuable life skill you’ll ever learn.
How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?
In Getting Past No, William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. You’ll learn how to:
• Stay in control under pressure
• Defuse anger and hostility
• Find out what the other side really wants
• Counter dirty tricks
• Use power to bring the other side back to the table
• Reach agreements that satisfies both sides' needs
Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You don’t have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!
William Ury, coauthor of the international bestseller Getting to Yes, returns with another groundbreaking book, this time asking: how can we expect to get to yes with others if we haven’t first gotten to yes with ourselves?
Renowned negotiation expert William Ury has taught tens of thousands of people from all walks of life—managers, lawyers, factory workers, coal miners, schoolteachers, diplomats, and government officials—how to become better negotiators. Over the years, Ury has discovered that the greatest obstacle to successful agreements and satisfying relationships is not the other side, as difficult as they can be. The biggest obstacle is actually our own selves—our natural tendency to react in ways that do not serve our true interests.
But this obstacle can also become our biggest opportunity, Ury argues. If we learn to understand and influence ourselves first, we lay the groundwork for understanding and influencing others. In this prequel to Getting to Yes, Ury offers a seven-step method to help you reach agreement with yourself first, dramatically improving your ability to negotiate with others.
Practical and effective, Getting to Yes with Yourself helps readers reach good agreements with others, develop healthy relationships, make their businesses more productive, and live far more satisfying lives.
Obtenga el sí consigo mismo es el primer paso para afrontar cualquier negociación o conflicto.
William Ury, coautor del clásico best seller Obtenga el sí, ha enseñado a decenas de miles de personas de todos los ámbitos profesionales cómo mejorar su capacidad de negociación. A lo largo de estos años, Ury ha descubierto que el mayor obstáculo para alcanzar unos acuerdos provechosos y unas relaciones satisfactorias no está en nuestra contraparte, por difícil que esta resulte. El mayor obstáculo reside en nosotros mismos, en nuestra tendencia natural a reaccionar de una forma contraria a nuestros intereses.
Sin embargo, este obstáculo se puede convertir en nuestro mejor aliado. Si aprendemos primero a comprendernos y a controlarnos, estamos poniendo la base para comprender e influenciar a los demás.
En esta precuela indispensable de Obtenga el sí, Ury parte de su experiencia personal y profesional como negociador en conflictos bélicos para desarrollar un método práctico que permite conquistar primero el sí con uno mismo, e incrementar de esta forma la capacidad para conseguir el sí de los demás. Útil y sencillo, Obtenga el sí consigo mismo es una guía esencial para alcanzar la satisfacción interior, a partir de la cual podrá mantener unas relaciones más sanas, una familia más feliz, un trabajo más productivo y un entorno más pacífico.
Reseñas:
«Inteligente y realista, noble y práctico, brillante y cercano. Ury ha desarrollado un planteamiento global para alcanzar el sí en un mundo tan conflictivo como el nuestro. Este libro se centra en la negociación más dura de todas: la que hacemos con nosotros mismos. Una vez más, Ury ha realizado una gran contribución con su trabajo.»
Jim Collins, autor de Empresas que sobresalen
«He aquí nuestro peor enemigo en cualquier mesa de negociación: nosotros mismos. Ury ha escrito una imprescindible precuela de Consiga el sí. Si usted adopta las estrategias de este libro conseguirá avanzar en su vida y en su carrera.»
Daniel H. Pink, autor de La sorprendente verdad sobre qué nos motiva
«Ury nos ofrece un planteamiento que refuerza nuestra confianza y que nos aporta una sensación de energía y realización personal. Todos seremos más eficaces si empezamos las negociaciones por nosotros mismos antes que con los demás.»
Joanna Barsh, directora emérita de McKinsey & Company
Ce nouveau livre de William Ury constitue une suite logique au best-seller mondial Comment réussir une négociation, grâce auquel des millions de lecteurs ont appris à passer d'une logique d'affrontement sans issue à celle du gagnant-gagnant. Suite indispensable, car, comme l'explique l'auteur, sa longue pratique du conseil en négociation lui a révélé l'importance d'une étape préalable et essentielle au succès de sa méthode, celle de l'accord intérieur.
En effet, bien souvent, l'obstacle majeur dans une relation compliquée, le pire ennemi à la table d'une négociation délicate, ce n'est pas l'autre, c'est nous-mêmes. Un défaut d'estime ou d'acceptation de soi, des déceptions mal surmontées, une fermeture intérieure aux possibilités offertes par tous les événements heureux ou moins heureux de la vie... Tous les comptes que nous n'avons pas réglés avec nous-mêmes viennent polluer nos relations et nos discussions avec les autres.
Pour obtenir le " oui " d'autrui, il nous faut d'abord savoir dire oui à nous-mêmes, à notre vie et au monde. Ury propose ici la méthode qui mène à cet accord intérieur. Au-delà du bénéfice qu'il apportera à tous ceux qui doivent mener des discussions difficiles, ce livre est aussi une revigorante invitation à vivre mieux tout simplement.
William Ury
Directeur du Global Negotiation Project à l'université de Harvard, spécialisé dans les méthodes de négociations internationales pour le règlement des conflits armés et des problèmes globaux, il est notamment l'auteur de Comment réussir une négociation et Comment négocier avec les gens difficiles. Ces deux seuls ouvrages (également publiés au Seuil) se sont vendus à plus de six millions d'exemplaires dans le monde.
Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Dominique Taffin-Jouhaud.
Préface à l'édition française de Michel Ghazal, président du Centre européen de la négociation.
Seit 40 Jahren ist »Das Harvard-Konzept« weltweit das Standardwerk zum Thema Verhandeln. Es hat uns gelehrt, nicht um Positionen zu feilschen, sondern sich auf Interessen zu konzentrieren und zwischen Menschen und Problemen stets zu trennen. So wird es möglich, dass Parteien zum beiderseitigen Vorteil verhandeln und Win-win-Situationen schaffen. Egal ob politische Konflikte, Vertrags- und Gehaltsverhandlungen oder Tarifgespräche – für alle Berufsgruppen hat das Harvard-Konzept die Art und Weise, wie wir verhandeln, Differenzen beilegen und Lösungen finden, für immer verändert.
Der Klassiker ist um neue Fallstudien aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum erweitert und liegt jetzt erstmals gänzlich überarbeitet und in einer vollkommen neuen Übersetzung vor.
"Como chegar ao sim tem um lugar incomparável na literatura da resolução de conflitos. Nenhum outro livro chega perto de seu impacto sobre a forma como praticantes, professores, pesquisadores e o público abordam a negociação." – Instituto Nacional Norte-Americano para a Resolução de Disputas
"É com certeza o melhor conteúdo que já li sobre negociação." – John Kenneth Galbrait, autor de A era da incerteza
"Os autores conseguiram reunir conselhos e observações de bom senso em um livro conciso, claro e bem escrito." – Businessweek
"Um método coerente para realizar negociações em que todos saem ganhando." – Newsweek
Uma das mais importantes obras da área de negócios, Como chegar ao sim já ajudou milhões de pessoas a adotar uma forma mais inteligente, amistosa e eficaz de negociar.
Baseado no trabalho do Projeto de Negociação de Harvard, grupo que estuda e atua em todos os tipos de negociações, mediações e resoluções de conflitos, ele oferece um método direto e prático para obter acordos que satisfaçam todas as partes envolvidas.
As dicas e técnicas são acompanhadas de exemplos reais e podem ser aplicadas a qualquer situação, não importa se você estiver pedindo um aumento, lidando com problemas familiares, resolvendo questões de negócios ou buscando evitar uma guerra.
As lições de William Ury, Roger Fisher e Bruce Patton vão mudar a forma como você encara uma negociação. Aprenda com eles a:
• separar as pessoas do problema em discussão
• concentrar-se nos interesses das duas partes, não em defender posições
• trabalhar em parceria para encontrar opções criativas e justas
• alcançar seus objetivos sem prejudicar o relacionamento
• negociar com pessoas difíceis ou mais poderosas que você
Der weltweit anerkannte Verhandlungsexperte William Ury hat das Harvard Negotiation Project mitbegründet und seither Zehntausenden von Managern, Anwälten, Lehrern, Diplomaten und Regierungsmitgliedern das Verhandeln beigebracht. Zusammen mit Roger Fisher ist er Autor des Weltbestsellers Das Harvard-Konzept.
In seinem neuen Buch zeigt Ury, dass das größte Hindernis einer erfolgreichen Verhandlung oft nicht die Gegenseite ist, sondern ich selbst es bin. Sehr oft handle ich nämlich gegen meine eigenen Interessen.
Konsequent stellt der Autor einen Weg vor, wie ich mir zunächst einmal darüber klar werden muss, was ich selbst in einer Verhandlung eigentlich will. Klingt banal, ist es aber nicht, ebenso wenig wie die weiteren Schritte: Wie schaffe ich es, mir in einer Verhandlung nicht selbst im Weg zu stehen? Habe ich überlegt, was die beste Alternative wäre, falls ich nicht erreiche, was ich will? Zu guter Letzt besteht das Ziel jeder erfolgreich geführten Verhandlung darin, anstelle eines Szenarios mit Gewinnern und Verlierern eine Situation zu schaffen, in der niemand übervorteilt oder vor den Kopf gestoßen wird, nämlich eine Win-win-Situation.