{"id":4751,"date":"2019-02-23T17:17:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2019-08-17T12:39:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T10:39:43","slug":"blog-business-negotiation-biases-remove-for-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/en\/blog-business-negotiation-biases-remove-for-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Negotiation Biases: Remove for Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Biases in Business Negotiations.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Despite the fact that everyone thinks that they work rationally in business negotiations, the opposite is often the case. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Even if there is a lot at stake financially, nothing human is strange to us. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">We cannot discern facts from subjective reality and burst from the prejudices that prevent a possibly favorable agreement. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the attached infographic I have listed the most common <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8216;Negotiation Biases&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> \u00a0that can be in the way of solid business negotiations in order to achieve results.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4748\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4748 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bright-Focus_Negotiation-Biases.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"8730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bright-Focus_Negotiation-Biases.jpg 800w, https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bright-Focus_Negotiation-Biases-768x8381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brightfocusconsult.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bright-Focus_Negotiation-Biases-600x6548.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Contract Negotiations, Business Negotiations, Negotiations Skills Training, Negotiations Coaching, Negotiations Training, Mergers And Acquisitions, Investments And Risk Management, Negotiation Strategies, Business Negotiations Decision-Making, Risk Management And Negotiations, Negotiation Strategies Coaching, Business Negotiations Framing, Business Negotiations Preparation , Skilled Negotiator, Corporate Acquisitions, Investment Management and Risk Management, Negotiation Skills, Contract Negotiation, Strategic Negotiator, Price Negotiator, Business Negotiator, Win Win Negotiator, Power Negotiator, Deal Negotiator, Effective Negotiator, Expert Negotiator, Professional Negotiator, Negotiation Services, Negotiation Biases<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">What do you remember from your negotiations?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">After a negotiation your memories could be off from the presented facts<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Suggestibility<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations means being inclined to accept and act on suggestions or others, even where the information is false, but plausible<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">False memory<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is a psychological phenomenon, where in the negotiations you recall things that did not happen, or differently from the way it happened<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Misattribution of memory<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations refers to the ability to remember information correctly, but being wrong about the source<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In negotiations you discard details to form generalities<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Negativity bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the notion that negative elements have a greater effect on your psychological state, than neutral or positive things<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Prejudice<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is your preconceived feeling towards a person based solely on that person&#8217;s group membership, being social class, age, culture, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The generalization<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> of the opposing person at the negotiating table, because you assume the stereotype is true for each individual person in the group<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You reduce negotiation events to key elements<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Primacy and recency effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations refers to the phenomenon that the first and last terms of a list are best remembered<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">List and length effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations refers to the finding that recognition for a short list is superior to that for a long list<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Peak \u2013 end rule<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is a phenomenon in which you judge the experience based on how you felt at its climax and the end, rather than the whole experience<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You store negotiation memories differently based on how you experienced them<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Misinformation effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations happens when your memories become less accurate, because of post-event information<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The next-in-line effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the phenomenon where you are unable to recall information concerning events immediately preceding your turn to perform<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Absent-mindedness<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations means that you are so lost in thought that you do not realize what you are doing and what is happening around you<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Information overload<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In negotiations you primarily notice things already memorized or repeated often<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Availability heuristic<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations promotions that if something can be recalled, it must be important, at least more important than alternative solutions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusory truth effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> (also known as the validity effect) in business negotiations is the tendency to believe information to be correct after repeated exposure<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Empathy gap<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to underestimate the influence or strength of positive and negative feelings, in either oneself or others<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Omission bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse, than equally harmful omissions, because actions are more obvious than inactions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Extraordinary things in negotiations stick out more than common things<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Picture superiority effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations refers to the phenomenon in which images are more likely to be remembered than words<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Negativity bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is a psychological phenomenon, by which you have a greater recall of unpleasant memories compared to positive memories<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You notice when something has changed during the negotiation process<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Anchoring<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency to rely heavily on the &#8220;anchor&#8221;, usually the first piece of information acquired on that subject, when making decisions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Conservatism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> or belief revision in negotiations is the tendency to revise your belief insufficiently, when presented with new clear evidence<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Framing effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations means that parties draw different conclusions from the same information, depending on how that information is presented<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Money illusion<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to concentrate on the nominal value of money, rather than its real value in terms of purchasing power<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You are drawn to negotiation details confirming your existing beliefs<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Confirmation bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to search for, interpret, focus on and remember information that confirm your preconceptions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Post-purchase rationalization<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to persuade yourself through a rational argument that a purchase was good value<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Expectation bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is to believe and act on data that agree with your expectations for the negotiation outcome and to discard data that conflicts with those expectations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In negotiations you notice flaws in others more easily than flaws in yourself<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bias blind spot<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to see yourself as less biased, than other people<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Naive cynicism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the expectation of more egocentric bias in others than in oneself<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Naive realism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> belief in negotiations means that you see reality as it really is and the facts are clear to all parties. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Those who don&#8217;t are uninformed, irrational, or biased<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Not enough value<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In sparse negotiation data you will find stories and patterns<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Neglect of probability<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to completely disregard probability, when making a decision under uncertainty<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusion of validity<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> that our judgments are accurate in business negotiations, especially when available information is consistent and correlated<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Gambler&#8217;s fallacy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency to think that future probabilities are altered by past events, when in reality they are unchanged<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hot-hand fallacy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the belief that if you have experienced success with a random event, you have a greater chance of success in additional attempts<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Filling in negotiation elements from stereotypes and generalities<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Groupthink<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony and conformity results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Just-world hypothesis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency for you to believe because the world is fundamentally just<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Authority bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure and be more influenced by that opinion<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bandwagon effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the herd of mentality to do or believe things, because many other people do or believe the same<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">During negotiations you imagine things and people you are familiar with as better<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Not invented here<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the aversion to contact with or use of products, research, standards, or knowledge developed outside of a group<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Reactive devaluation<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the devaluing of proposals, only because they are originated by your adversary<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You simplify probabilities and numbers to make negotiations easier to understand<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Normalcy bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the refusal to plan for, or react to, a disaster that has never happened before in business deals<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Survival bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is concentrating on the people or things that survived and overlooking those who didn&#8217;t, because of their lack of visibility<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Zero sum bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is a bias, a situation is incorrectly perceived to be like a zero sum game (ie, one person gains at the expense of another)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You project your negotiation mindset and assumptions on the past and the future<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Consistency bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is incorrectly remembering your past attitudes and behavior as resembling present attitudes and behavior<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Pro-innovation bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> gives you an excessive optimism towards an invention or innovation, while often failing to identify its limitations and weaknesses<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Outcome bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency to judge a decision by its eventual outcome instead of based on the quality of the decision at the time it was made<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hindsight bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the inclination to see past events as being more predictable than they actually were<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In business negotiations you think you know what other people are thinking<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusion of transparency<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is a tendency for you to overestimate how well you understand others&#8217; personal and mental states<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusion or asymmetric insight<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> into negotiations is a cognitive bias, think you think your knowledge or others surpasses other people&#8217;s knowledge of you<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Need for action in negotiations<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">To act in negotiations, you must be confident and know what is important<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Effort justification<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is when you value the efforts to achieve a negotiation outcome greater than the objective value of the outcome<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusory superiority<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is overestimating your desirable qualities, and underestimating undesirable qualities, relative to other people<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Illusion of control<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency to overestimate your degree or influence over other external events<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Optimism <\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business and contract negotiations is the tendency to be over-optimistic, overestimating favorable deals and results<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Overconfidence effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in any negotiation is the excessive confidence in your own answers to (complex) questions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">To get things done, you want to complete things you have invested time and energy in<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Endowment effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is the tendency for you to demand much more to give up an object than you would be willing to pay to acquire it<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Disposition effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is the tendency to sell an asset that has accumulated in value and resist selling an asset that has declined in value<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Zero-risk bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is the preference for reducing a small risk to zero over a greater reduction in a larger risk<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Loss aversion<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations refers to your tendency to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains: it is better to not lose $ 5, than to find $ 5<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Sunk cost fallacy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is that you justify increased investment in a decision, based on your cumulative prior investment, despite evidence the decision was wrong<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">What do you remember from your negotiations?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Motivated to preserve your status in a group, you avoid mistakes and irreversible decisions<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Status quo bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in business negotiations is the tendency you like things to stay relatively the same, so that you do not take action<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Social comparison bias<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> in negotiations is when making decisions, you favor potential candidates who don&#8217;t compete with your own particular strengths<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is that you want to have a change in preference between two options, when presented with a third option that is asymmetrically dominated<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">You favor simple options and complete information about complex negotiation options<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Less-is-better effect<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: 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<\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Together we personalize negotiation strategies that will work for you. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The above quality decision elements illustrate what can be achieved, if you prepare for your negotiations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biases in Business Negotiations. 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