Negotiating the Nonnegotiable : How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts

Negotiating the Nonnegotiable : How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts
ISBN: 9780143110170
Publication Date: 7 March 2017

Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method for resolving the most difficult of conflicts from the political, to the professional, to the personal

As the shockwaves of the 2016 political cycle continue to reverberate, cooperation and reconciliation feel farther away now than ever but there is a path forward. In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Daniel Shapiro introduces a powerful new approach for resolving conflict one that goes beneath rationality to address the underlying emotional dynamics. Drawing on cutting edge advances in psychology and conflict resolution, he illuminates the five hidden forces that lure us toward impasse despite our better instincts, and presents a practical method to overcome them.

The paperback edition of this landmark book is updated with practical material to help you apply the method to your own most difficult relations, especially in these turbulent times.

About the Author

Daniel L. Shapiro is a world renowned expert on the psychology of conflict resolution. Named one of Harvard's top 15 professors by The Harvard Crimson, he founded and directs the Harvard International Negotiation Program and regularly advises everyone from hostage negotiators to families in crisis, disputing CEOs to clashing heads of state.