Negotiation Stakeholders and Competing Interests

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Negotiation Stakeholders and Competing Interests

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1. Stakeholder interests (20 entries)
  1. align interests
  2. affected party
  3. broad-based coalition
  4. competing claims
  5. consult the membership
  6. counterpart
  7. divergent priorities
  8. common cause
  9. allegiance
  10. representative body
  11. grassroots support
  12. minority voice
  13. alignment of interests
  14. in consultation with
  15. bridge a divide
  16. reframe the issue
  17. register a reservation
  18. partisan division
  19. polarisation
  20. ideological divide
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2. Bargaining positions (20 entries)
  1. take a hard line
  2. moderate a demand
  3. put out feelers
  4. bargaining range
  5. aspiration point
  6. reservation point
  7. signal willingness
  8. anchor
  9. sound someone out
  10. fallback position
  11. BATNA
  12. test the waters
  13. hold out for
  14. entrenched position
  15. red line
  16. non-negotiable
  17. room for manoeuvre
  18. break the deadlock
  19. symbolic concession
  20. choose your moment
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3. Leverage and constraints (20 entries)
  1. strengthen your hand
  2. upper hand
  3. tie someone's hands
  4. asymmetry
  5. allocate
  6. bargaining chip
  7. public scrutiny
  8. call someone's bluff
  9. credible threat
  10. endeavour to
  11. meet an objection
  12. leave scope for
  13. calculating
  14. qualifying phrase
  15. non-binding assurance
  16. diplomatic silence
  17. opportunistic
  18. shuttle diplomacy
  19. gain the upper hand
  20. token
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4. Conditional agreements (20 entries)
  1. contingent on
  2. unless otherwise agreed
  3. make provision for
  4. reciprocal
  5. binding commitment
  6. trial arrangement
  7. review clause
  8. non-binding
  9. unilateral
  10. mutually acceptable
  11. tie payment to performance
  12. phased payment
  13. renewal option
  14. opt-out
  15. room for interpretation
  16. tentative agreement
  17. scope
  18. material condition
  19. conditional language
  20. conditionality
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5. Long-term relationships (20 entries)
  1. part on good terms
  2. honour an agreement
  3. keep channels open
  4. in good faith
  5. air a grievance
  6. revisit the terms
  7. reciprocate
  8. make amends
  9. in conjunction with
  10. keep faith with
  11. conciliatory gesture
  12. quiet diplomacy
  13. cooling-off period
  14. save face
  15. de-escalate
  16. go-between
  17. lower the temperature
  18. defuse
  19. disarm
  20. mend fences
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