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Four rules that follow will help you navigate a wide range of governmental setting, and improve your odds of gaining approval.

  1. Think like the people you want to influentce.
  2. Assume that regulators have more discretion than they admit
  3. Base your request on Past Approvals and Experiences
  4. Initiate conversations early in the process

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Keep in mind that the structures of the negotiating forum itself–that is, the ground rules that constrain the way a multiparty negotiation unfolds(even a two-party negotiation with back tables)–will be a constant topic of conversation

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When others approach you about joining they coalition, be sure to respond with caution and tact, especially when you are approached by emissaries from the back tables of other negotiatiors.

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With thorough preparation, the help of a trained mediator, and useful reports from subgroups, participants in a multiparty negotiation should be able to find their way to the trading zone.

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At the mumble of partners in a negotiation increases, group management becomes a bigger challenge. One factor is the phenomenon known as “groupthink”

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At the early stages of coalition building, your goal should be to collect relatively firm commitments from potential coalition partners while retaining sufficient flexibility to switch allegiances if necessary.

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When you’ve gotten a fix on someone else’s best alternative to a negotiated agreement, you’ve identified the bare minimum you need to offer them to get them to say yes.

You need only to match what shirt realistic walk -away will leave them with.

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It is important to pay close attention to potential conflicts for differences between the interests of your counterparts at the table and their back tables.

Similarly, if you see a blocking coalition forming , you need to be able to estimate what their back tables are likely to end up with, and top it.

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