Weekend of August 20-22, 2010

Beyond Yes™: Negotiating with Wisdom, Living with Mastery

Life is a series of negotiations. From morning until night, you interact with people to make plans, to reach decisions, and to resolve conflicts. This workshop is a personal and professional journey that explores the interplay between the art of negotiation and the insights of the world’s great wisdom traditions and helps move you toward negotiation mastery.

Most people experience challenges to successful negotiation. You want to listen to your spouse but instead find yourself yelling. You want to take a stand at the office, but you silently sit through discussions. You want to give your client’s opinion a fair hearing, but you can’t help telling him why he’s wrong. You want to throw caution to the wind and take a risk. You want to change your ways. You want to live your dream. But you don’t.

Beyond Yes can help. Erica Ariel Fox developed the Beyond Yes method over a dozen years teaching negotiation at Harvard Law School and training thousands of people around the world. Using an approach called “archetypes and autobiography” you will learn how working with timeless wisdom principles and your own life story can deepen and expand your range and effectiveness as a negotiator.

This workshop is highly interactive, using real-life examples from the participants to apply all of the ideas. In addition to short presentations on key concepts, the workshop uses role-playing, small group exercises, journaling and self-reflection, and one-on-one practice to bring the lessons home. We also draw on artistic modalities like music and movement, all designed for total beginners, to free up creative energy. All of the exercises are optional.

From working well with clients and colleagues to living well with your family and friends, this program equips you to interact with others authentically and successfully.

CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.

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