The Negotiation Cheat Sheet

You may know how to negotiate. The problem is remembering what works when the stakes become personal.

When money, careers, relationships, or something else you care about is on the line, good judgment can give way to anxiety, impatience, and instinct. The Negotiation Cheat Sheet is designed for those moments.

Instead of another comprehensive negotiation textbook, Abhijeet K. Vadera distills negotiation research into 108 short, practical strategies you can understand quickly and put to use right away.

Inside, you will learn how to:

strengthen your BATNA and set the right targets before you negotiate make ambitious first offers and resist the other side's anchors concede without giving away more than you need to use deadlines, silence, and emotion more effectively uncover interests, build trust, and find deals that leave both sides better off negotiate more effectively by email, phone, video, and AI understand how gender can shape negotiation behavior and outcomes

Every chapter focuses on one idea. It explains what is happening, why it works, how to use it smartly, what to avoid, and the bottom line. The strategies are drawn from published research rather than anecdotes or conventional wisdom, with the original academic references included for readers who want to examine the evidence themselves.

You can read the book from beginning to end, or use it exactly as its title suggests: as a cheat sheet. If you have a negotiation tomorrow, go straight to the problem in front of you and find the strategy you need.

Abhijeet K. Vadera is currently the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources at Singapore Management University. He teaches negotiation to MBA students, executives, and organizations around the world.

108 strategies. One idea at a time. For the negotiations you cannot afford to get wrong.