Journal Eleven

What attributes would you say describe and define your own negotiation styles? Where did you think you learned to negotiate? Do you think that you are any good at it?

I think that my negotiation style is accommodation, just like my conflict style, but I think in a less extreme level. Negotiation I see as something that will benefit both of us, so I don't have to be so willing to give people what they want and I be left with nothing. I think that I am more likely to be accommodative with people I don't know. With people that I do know very well I think I will work a negotiation that isn't always me giving in to what the other wants. This is especially true within my family, more specifically my mother. I am a very good negotiator when it comes to getting what I want from my mother, partially I think because I am the youngest child. My negotiation style comes from my family, so I know how to use that to my advantage in a family situation. Outside my family, however, I think that I am not so good at negotiation just because I'm afraid of seeming selfish, controlling, or mean.