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... people what they want via theSix Laws of Persuasion,they’ll most likely return the favor. And when yourecognize that you are being manipulated,you can call the other side on their tactics ... tactics that use the preceding Laws of Persuasion. So how do you successfully negotiate around these ploys? First, you can discuss the rules ofthe game. When you recognize that the other side is ... “tit-for-tat” rule (the lower the “value” ofthe concession on your part, of course, the better).You can also use this law to appeal to fairness. For example, if the other party manipulates the physical...
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... ideas. The next success factor was the internal team at 3M who put the process together. It was a diverse team of people who were opento the idea of linking the learning platform to the strategy. Theywere ... visibility to the strate-gic plans of each ofthe businesses, their key objectives—growth,profitability, and so forth—and the major challenges to achievingthem. The chief learning of cer (CLO) ... discipline was practiced and the overalleffectiveness ofthe learning intervention.Here we provide a brief introduction to each ofthesix disciplines. In the remainder ofthe book, we dedicate a...
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