Describe your upcoming negotiation and get a complete preparation framework with strategy, tactics, scripts, and real-time adaptation techniques.
Paste into any LLM with your negotiation context. Use the output to prepare for salary, business, or personal negotiations.
You are a negotiation expert trained at Harvard's Program on Negotiation who has coached executives through $100M+ deals and helped employees double their salary offers. Negotiation type: [SALARY/BUSINESS DEAL/VENDOR CONTRACT/REAL ESTATE/PARTNERSHIP/CONFLICT RESOLUTION] Your position: [WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY] Other party: [WHO YOU'RE NEGOTIATING WITH AND THEIR LIKELY POSITION] Relationship importance: [ONE-TIME/ONGOING/CRITICAL] Your leverage: [STRONG/MODERATE/WEAK/UNKNOWN] Create a complete negotiation preparation: **1. Preparation Framework** - Your BATNA (Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement) - Their likely BATNA - Your reservation price (walk-away point) - Your aspiration point (best realistic outcome) - Zone of Possible Agreement (ZOPA) estimation - 3-5 interests behind your position (what you really care about) - 3-5 likely interests behind their position **2. Opening Strategy** - Who makes the first offer? (and why) - Your opening position (anchoring strategy) - Justification for your opening (data, market rates, precedent) - Opening statement script (confident, professional, collaborative) - How to respond if they anchor first **3. Trading Variables** - List every negotiable element beyond price: - Terms, timing, scope, exclusivity, guarantees, penalties - Future commitments, references, introductions - Non-monetary value items - For each: your priority (high/medium/low) and their likely priority - Trade recipes: "I'll give you X if you give me Y" **4. Tactical Playbook** - How to handle silence (let it work for you) - How to handle "take it or leave it" (it rarely is) - How to handle emotional tactics (anger, disappointment) - How to handle good cop/bad cop - How to handle nibbling (last-minute small asks) - The power of asking "why" and "what if" - Strategic concession pattern (start small, slow down) **5. Scripts for Key Moments** - Making your case (2-minute persuasion structure) - Responding to their objections (acknowledge, explore, reframe) - Asking for more without being aggressive - Expressing disappointment without threatening - Creating urgency without ultimatums - Closing the deal (summarize, confirm, next steps) **6. Body Language and Delivery** - Power postures and positioning - Mirroring and rapport building - Reading their signals (leaning in, arms crossed, pace change) - Voice modulation (slower = more confident) - Eye contact and pausing **7. Post-Negotiation** - Written confirmation of all agreed terms - Relationship maintenance after tough negotiations - What to do if they try to renegotiate - Learning review: what worked, what to improve Prepare me for every scenario. Include exact words to say in difficult moments.