Stop Negotiating, Start Collaborating

Posted July 31, 2007 | |

Stop negotiating! No, really! Cut it out! Banish it from your thoughts, your actions, and your organization. Refuse to negotiate. When you need to work with another department, group, or team inside your organization and you find yourself in negotiations to get what you need, just say "Enough!" And refuse to negotiate.

About The Author
David Anderson
David J. Anderson has been a manager and leader of great software teams delivering cutting-edge software products since 1991. He has a successful track record of building progressively bigger teams capable of hyperproductive performance and superior quality. Mr. Anderson is a founder of the Lean Software & Systems Consortium, a nonprofit organization that seeks to bring a new level of professional conduct and capability to the software and… Read More
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