Leadership and Negotiation Techniques
Great leaders are great negotiators. As the world becomes a more uncertain environment, the requirement for developing leadership as a skill instead of as a role is at a premium. This subject will benefit those who desire to grow on their self-awareness, learn about inspirational leadership and negotiation techniques to maximize their effectiveness and contribution at work and their own life.
Learn strategic leadership skills to lead teams effectively. Demonstrate team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving abilities. Discover how to use power appropriately and how people like to be motivated at work. Through a series of group exercises, you will learn how to become a better leader and improve your ability to bargain successfully and ethically by taking part in Win-Win negotiation scenarios, discovering strategies for mutual gain, alongside a diverse group of students. Classes are very dynamic with individual and group reflections, participatory debate, exercises, and little theoretical content.
Important Notice on Course Suitability and Activities:
Some Summer School courses are designed for students with prior academic background in a specific discipline and may be unsuitable for participants without that preparation.
In addition, certain courses include discipline-standard practical activities (for example, laboratory work with biological specimens, dissections, use of clinical or forensic material, field sampling, or other hands-on procedures) that may be unfamiliar or unsettling for some participants.
Students are responsible for reading the course descriptor carefully and ensuring (i) that they meet any stated academic expectations or prerequisites, and (ii) that they are comfortable participating in the methods and activities described.
If you are unsure about suitability, please contact the course lecturer(s) before enrolling.
| Week | Contents | Teaching/learning activities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Are leaders born or made? Introduction to Leadership. Types and styles. The Leader in the organization. Sources of power. Values and communication in the organization. Internal communication. |
Grow your self-awareness through coaching techniques. Identify different types of leaders, the role of the leader in the organization and leader’s traits. Recognize the difference between leaders and managers. Be aware of the impact of your power. How to discover your values and those of the people you work with. Improve communication within teams and the organization. |
| 2 |
Motivation. Maslow and Herzberg factors. Introduction to Negotiation. Types of conflict. Negotiation Interests and Positions. Criteria and attitudes to negotiate. |
Understand what motivates employees and teams. Distinguish teamwork phases and roles. Conflict as an opportunity. Negotiation’s types and attitudes. Build positive, productive relationships with all parties at the table. |
| 3 |
Walton and McKersie, a behavioral theory of labor negotiations. Negotiation’s strategies and tactics. Steps at Negotiation Interests. The bargaining spaces. Closing deals. The agreement. |
Understand how to be prepared for a negotiation: be aware of your assumptions. Know the key steps to negotiate focusing on interests. Use creativity to look for alternatives. Recognize negotiation’s tactics. Achieve mutual beneficial agreements. Negotiate your salary. |
From Monday to Friday (July 24 is a local holiday)
From 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Practical exercises – 80%
Participation – 20%
Practical exercises:
- Self-Awareness - 2nd day of class
- Identify different types of leaders – 3rd day of class
- Sources of power in organisations – 4th day of class
- Analyze communication – 5th day of class
- Motivation case study – 6th day of class
- Identify personality roles and teamwork roles – 7th day of class
- Negotiation Position case study – 8th day of class
- Types of Negotiation case study – 9th day of class
- Negotiation of rental apartment case study – 10th day of class
- Negotiation of a new time schedule case study – 11th day of class
- The bargaining space case study – 12th day of class
- The last 3 days of class, all students will be presenting learnings from a Book of the Bibliography available on Campus.
Exercises will be delivered on a daily basis. Each exercise has the same value. The Book Presentation is mandatory to be able to pass the class.
- Covey, Stephen (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people.
- Chamine, S. (2016) Positive Intelligence (2nd ed.) Greenleaf Book Group Press.
- Scheel, T., & Gockel, C. (2017) Humor at Work in Teams, Leadership, Negotiations, Learning and Health. Springer eBooks
- Sinek, S. (2013) Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
- Fisher, Roger; Ury, William. (2011) Getting to yes: negotiating an agreement without giving in. London: Random House Business Books
- Putnam, Linda L.; Roloff. (1992) Michael E. Communication and negotiation. Newbury Park: Sage
- Bazerman, Max H. (2005) Negotiation, decision making, and conflict management. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar
- Sinek, Simon (2019). The Infinite Game.
- Brown, Brené (2018). Dare to Lead. Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts
Arantza Danes Vilallonga is a CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach), ACC (Associate Certified Coach by International Coaching Federation) and Wellbeing in the workplace Consultant and Researcher. Trained in ORSC (Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching) and Positive Intelligence, she has worked for Vueling Airlines, Futbol Club Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona City Hall, Pacific Union and Qatar Airways, among others. Master in Integrated Marketing Communications by Emerson College (Boston). Associate Professor at the Communications Faculty of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Co-founder of Worktimist to develop organizational cultures that inspire employees.
- E-mail: aranzazu.danes@uab.cat
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