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"My recent experience with the Executive Education program of Berkeley was excellent. The three day course on Negotiations and Influence taught by Professor Holly Schroth provided key insights into achieving mutually beneficial, long term agreements, and how to reach those agreements more amicably. Without a doubt, I am a more effective negotiator for having taken this course. Given the scope and breadth of the deals we make on a yearly basis, even a small improvement in our effectiveness represents a huge ROI."
"Whether you are a senior executive, or a new manager, you will find value not just in the coursework but also through the interactive sessions, simulations, and case studies. It is rare to be in a room with so many talented and experienced individuals..."
"Innovative content, outstanding presentation and experienced senior-level peers created a high value course that I will definitely recommend to my colleagues."
“We have been able to experience quick value and return on our investment in the negotiations class taught at UC Berkeley. Immediately after the course (and thanks to it), we closed an opportunity over a quarter million dollars at a price point very close to our aspiration point."
"The Berkeley Negotiations program's professor, Holly Schroth, is an incredibly knowledgeable, engaging, and accomplished facilitator - I really enjoyed her teaching style, the practical industry applied references, and the useful working groups."
"Our meetings are big and managing the agenda is usually an exercise in herding cats. After attending the UC Berkeley Negotiations program, I was able to finally have a meeting that focused more on product than on process."
"The Negotiations Program offered by UC Berkeley Executive Education has given me new insights into my personal style that has enabled me to leverage my own strengths and weaknesses to be a more effective negotiator."
"The UC Berkeley Negotiations course is run by excellent faculty and presents practical content. I came away with many great techniques and strategies on how to facilitate and structure negotiations."
"Professor Holly Schroth was fantastic at imparting real world, practical experience in the UC Berkeley Negotiation program. I have already much improved my negotiation outcomes by going into meetings prepared with my target, aspiration, and resistance points."
"The UC Berkeley Negotiations course does a great job in providing relevant training and hands on practice. I am confident that applying what I learned in class will help lead to significant business results."
"I would strongly recommend this program to anyone who negotiates as part of their job including seasoned negotiators who would like to learn fresh approaches."
"The UC Berkeley Negotiations program teaches best practices in negotiations and you remember them well after trying them out in well structured, role playing, breakout sessions."