Archive for June, 2007

Negotiation Planning — More than a b.s. session at a local Starbucks!

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

I was sitting at a local Starbucks when two lawyers sat next to me and started talking about a negotiation that they were in the middle of. Of course I was eaves dropping! What could be more delicious than listening to fellow attorneys strategize for a high stakes negotiation? Well, what happened was the two men meandered all over the place and wasted a good 30 minutes. Not only did they not plot a strategy, they mostly complained about what they were not getting from the other party. What a useless waste of time.

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