“My father said: “You must never try to make all the money that’s in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won’t have many deals.’”
— John Paul Getty, Founder, Getty Oil (Fortune magazine named him the richest living American in 1957)
I have deep experience in negotiating all kinds of agreements, including: employment contracts, personal service contracts, severance agreements, non-competition agreements, professional contracts (financial services, broadcast, entertainment, attorney, information technology, medical, dental, pharmaceutical), collective-bargaining agreements, IT contracts, retainer agreements, and more. Feel free to contact me if you have a contract or negotiating question. If I don’t have the expertise in the area in which you are seeking assistance, I will help you find someone who does.
Contracts exist in different contexts. For example:
The answers to these, and other, questions will determine the type of negotiation that is appropriate. I have extensive experience in more traditional adversarial and distributive negotiations as well as more collaborative interest-based and “win-win” negotiations. I can help you see your negotiation situation more clearly and help you negotiate, or negotiate for you, to get your best outcome possible.
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You can hear me discuss the top three considerations for negotiations in an interview I gave the Millennial Leadership Program of the Atlantic Council in 2015: