Max Bevilacqua is the Chief Negotiating Officer of Max Negotiating, a negotiation advisory and training company supporting cyber, humanitarian, and environmental negotiations. In today’s episode, Max tells Aram and Nolan how negotiators are born in the family unit and how negotiation training can help individuals cope with rejection sensitivity. 

In today’s episode, columnist Andy Allan tells Aram and Nolan how in order to grow in life, we must have our thoughts and beliefs tested. It's important to be courageous and engage those we disagree with, so we can effectively navigate and resolve conflict.

Our guest on the show today is Andy Allan, author of the article “Five Tips to Avoid Controversial Topics At The Holiday Table.” Today’s episode delves into how you can manage conflict at the dinner table during the holidays. The perfect family doesn’t exist, so we should stop comparing ours to an idealized perfect family.  

We continue our conversation with Coach Tony Blauer, founder of Blauer Tactical Systems. On the agenda today is self-awareness, critical thinking, and how critical thinking augments situational awareness, which is an absolute for both business and life.

Coach Tony Blauer has been an expert in martial arts, self-defense, and defense tactics in the combat industry for over four decades. In today’s episode, Tony tells us how anxiety can debilitate people who worry about how they are received or perceived. He explains how building self-awareness can prevent one from going into the fear loop, and avoid making hasty decisions. 

We are back with another NEGOTIATEx episode featuring Major Travis Cyphers, an Army officer and the West Point Negotiation Project director.  Major Travis explains how negotiation is a process that can be learned and improved. Preparation and empathy can go a long way to equip young leaders to tackle difficult problems.  

Our guest today is Major Travis Cyphers, the current West Point Negotiation Project director. As the director, Major Travis aims to enhance the ability of military leaders to negotiate in complex and challenging situations during war and peace.  Disclaimer: All views expressed on this episode are those of Travis and not the US army. 

Today we continue our conversation with Sara Laschever, a leading authority on the challenges women face in the workplace. Sara shares the positive and negative effects of the post-pandemic economy on how women approach negotiations. 

On the 50th episode of the NEGOTIATEx Podcast, we are joined by Sara Laschever, a leading authority on the challenges women face in the workplace. Sara shares research with Aram and Nolan that shows how women negotiating together reach better agreements than men due to better overall communication.  Essentially, women are more focused on finding a win-win solution where everybody comes out in a better position than they were going in.

In today’s episode, Dr. Joshua Weiss deliberates on creativity with Aram and Nolan and how it can help to challenge power dynamics in a negotiation. They also discuss how good relationships and technology can be valuable during negotiations.