3 Tips for Entering Negotiations

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 9 a.m.

Hello and welcome to the Sales Insights with Sarah podcast.\xa0 In this episode, Sarah Downs talks about negotiation. This has come from hosting a Clubhouse room as the topic was the Art of Negotiation. Sarah had brought in some amazing professional negotiators, investors, and business owners into this room and has her own experience of negotiation. She wanted to use this Clubhouse room to try and share some value with you all.\xa0

In this podcast, Sarah will openly share the good, the bad, and the ugly of her entrepreneurial journey to date and also interview others to share their own sales insights.

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\u2666\ufe0fKEY TAKEAWAYS:\xa0

There are some great reminders within this content of what we need to be thinking about before negotiation, during a negotiation, and following a negotiation.\xa0

Negotiation in business- deals with investors, employees, partnerships etc.

We use negotiation every day no matter who we are.

3Tips

  • Pain before gain!
  • Do your research!
  • Identify your current position, fallback position, and your walk-away position"


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"Prior to going into a negotiation, we want to be thinking about what may go wrong before we think about what may get right"

"So many people walk into a negotiation without having done any diligence"

"So many different reasons of why we would walk away from a deal"

"Being clear on your walk-away position is critical"

\u2666\ufe0fABOUT THE HOST:

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Sarah Downs is a business owner, founding 2 x businesses in the last 5 years.\xa0 She is an experienced sales and business development professional who understands the importance of building strong relationships and getting results, which has driven her successful career to date. Sarah has been involved with a number of Third Sector boards as an advisor and non-executive director.

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Having previously worked in Trauma Orthopaedic Nursing, Sarah is no stranger to working under extreme pressure. It goes without saying that Sarah is passionate about people. She uses her experience to support CEO\u2019s, MD\u2019s, and Sales Professionals to achieve their business goals.\xa0 Sarah has helped business owners to start-up, grow, and diversify their businesses in various sectors such as Technology, Oil & Gas, Offshore Renewables, Nuclear, and Professional Services.

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Sarah openly documents the good, the bad, and the ugly of her entrepreneurial journey and is visible across a number of platforms. \xa0

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