Instill better habits in your employees through creative negotiation

From Program on Negotiation and the Desk of Harvard Law School

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Should employers have the right to send obese employees to weight-loss centers? Should workers who smoke be required to enroll in programs to kick their habit?

Whether it's legal or not to compel your business associates to adopt healthier lifestyles, companies often face thorny issues when it comes to creating and executing certain policies.

How can you motivate your workers to make better choices without trampling on their individual rights? How can you control your costs and yet respect their choices at the same time?

In short, how can you negotiate a creative way that resolves this dilemma and restores harmony to your workplace?

The answer can be found by attending The Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives.

Run by experts in negotiation from Harvard, MIT and Tufts, a Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) executive education seminar teaches you new techniques, new methods and new strategies from the top experts in the field of negotiation.

Drawing on the latest practice and research in this essential discipline, you'll hone your problem-solving abilities and save your company time, money and effort. You'll develop persuasive arguments for your positions and interests and communicate them more clearly.

Identifying situations within your company that can be improved through negotiating can help you become a more valuable decision maker and improve your business results, outcomes and profitability.

A PON executive education seminar teaches you principles for building more loyalty and consensus among your colleagues and fellow employees.

Best of all, you'll acquire a strategic set of marketable skills and tools that you can take with you wherever you go. That's a habit that pays dividends for years to come.