Negotiation is a fact of business life. Whether you’re negotiating your salary, a deadline, a supplier contract, or a team project, your success is linked to how well you communicate and influence.

I hate negotiating, so much that I’ll sometimes even tell a person I’m negotiating with that I don’t like to negotiate. (Which I know is stupid.) Partly that’s because I avoid confrontation, but also ...

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Damali Peterman, left, is the author of "Be Who You Are to Get What You Want: A New Way to Negotiate for Anyone Who's Ever Been Underestimated." She joined Shazi Visram, founder of Healthynest and ...