Kim Meredith is an internationally acclaimed lecturer, sales strategist, author, negotiator and dealmaker. 17 years ago she founded The Dealmaker Company where she worked with blue chip companies on every continent and helped them drive revenues and to improve profits.

Having held executive positions in business since the late 1980s and becoming one of the highest paid women on the African continent, one of her last corporate positions was with a top Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed information technology group, where she spent four years on the main board as Executive Director of Strategy.

During this time, she was responsible for international strategy including actively driving negotiations for key mergers, acquisitions and disposals.

In this episode we talk secrets to effective negotiation and dealmaking, how women can get better at the art of dealmaking, as well as the natural negotiation skills we’re born with but lose along the way.