Skills For Work Training - Communication Skills
Essential Negotiation Skills
This course equips participants with essential negotiation skills applicable to both professional and personal contexts.
Focusing on workplace scenarios, it explores all phases of negotiation with internal and external stakeholders. Participants will gain a clear understanding of negotiation structures and conventions, while developing practical skills through discussions and interactive activities.
By combining the science and art of negotiation, Essential Negotiation Skills empowers individuals to navigate diverse negotiation settings confidently, and achieve more favourable outcomes in their everyday interactions.
- Mode: Live Online, On-Demand, Corporate Booking
- Cost: $550.00
- Duration: Full Day, 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Non-Accredited Training — suitable for continuing professional development
(Certificate with CPD Points).
Why Choose Us
Outcomes From Completing This Course
You will learn how to:
- Identify the contexts and aims of negotiations.
- Work confidently through the negotiation process.
- Prepare thoroughly for negotiation events.
- Develop a detailed Key Interest Matrix.
- Leverage negotiating positions to further your interests.
- Employ and respond to negotiation tactics.
- Drive continuous improvement in your negotiating effectiveness through review activities.
Enlightened
Recognise the unique potential of negotiations to maximise your outcomes.
Empowered
Provide yourself with a sound platform for success, through in-depth and structured preparation.
Skilled
Manage context and parties to promote your interests.
Dynamically adjust positions to your advantage.
Confident
Practise negotiation planning and discussion management in a supportive environment.
Return to work, ready to implement your new skills.

Course Highlights
How Our Course Is Different
Combine the science and art of negotiation in our Essential Negotiation Skills course. You will be empowered to navigate diverse negotiation settings confidently and achieve more favourable outcomes in your everyday interactions.
- Master Negotiation Techniques: Learn proven strategies and techniques to negotiate effectively in any situation.
- Build Confidence: Develop the confidence to handle high-stakes negotiations with ease and poise.
- Effective Communication: Enhance your communication skills to articulate your position clearly and persuasively.
- Real-World Scenarios: Practice your skills with real-world scenarios and role-playing exercises to ensure you’re negotiation-ready.
- Engaging Format: Participate in interactive workshops and receive personalized feedback.
- Certification: Earn a recognized certification upon completion, showcasing your expertise.

FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything that you wanted to know, and were waiting to ask!
This short course is ideal for a wide range of professionals in the private, public, not-for-profit and NGO sectors, who are seeking to develop capability in this core skillset.
This short course has been developed by TechKnowledgey in consultation with industry and government partners and with reference to best practice skills development to ensure it responds to the real-world needs of your sector. Our facilitators are not only experienced professionals but are also current practitioners who are equipped to explain the contemporary issues and workplace requirements.
The course is available Live Online, On-Demand, and for Corporate Bookings – offering flexibility to suit different learning preferences, and group requirements.
Live Online is delivered by our facilitator in real-time, and offers the chance to ask questions.
On Demand gives you 1-month of access to pre-recorded training, covering exactly the same topics, over the same time-frame. You don’t have a chance to ask questions, but you can replay and review the presentation.
Both:
- Cover the same content and skills development.
- Take the same time to complete, and provide the same volume of learning.
- Come at the same cost.
- A full day is equivalent to 6 hours
- High speed and uninterrupted internet access is required to access the Live Online and On Demand courses.
- Latest version browser; we recommend Chrome.
- Live Online preference is that the electronic device you are using has video to promote a more interactive and personal learning environment.
Yes, participants will receive reference materials and resources to support their learning during and after the course. Live Online and On Demand students will receive materials digitally. For Corporate bookings printed materials are provided.
- Yes! You will receive a digital credential which recognises your time and learning effort. TechKnowledgey uses the Credly platform to issue our certificates.
- A digital credential or badge is a representation of the learning outcomes, experience or competencies students have attained.
- Our digital certificates can be securely verified, and our students can share them online via social networks like LinkedIn.