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The average physician will negotiate for millions of dollars over the next twenty years (including salaries, professional services, real estate transactions, and purchases and sales of personal property) without the benefit of any training in negotiation skills. SEAK Negotiating Skills For Physicians was designed for physicians like yourselves to teach you the negotiation skills you need and give you an opportunity to practice these skills through a variety of challenging negotiation exercises.
Learning Methodology
SEAK Negotiating Skills For Physicians is a practical course that will teach you the skills and techniques you need to be a successful physician negotiator. The course utilizes advanced adult learning principles and features numerous hands-on case exercises. It has been specifically designed for physicians facing today's increasingly difficult medical marketplace. The didactic portion of the course is lively and interactive. The case examples involve negotiations with employers, employees, colleagues, managed care companies, real estate transactions, and much, much more. Each negotiation exercise is discussed in detail after its conclusion. Physicians will have ample opportunity to ask questions and have them answered by the expert faculty.
In this intensive two-day course you will learn how to:
Prepare and succeed when negotiating managed care and other insurance contracts
Negotiate physician compensation, employment contracts, benefits like a pro
Win at Internet negotiations
Avoid and break deadlocks
Determine the amount of "flexibility" available
Negotiate without destroying ongoing relationships
Win in "win-win" situations
Learning Objectives
Discuss how to say "no" professionally.
Steven Babitsky, Esq., is a former trial lawyer who has over 30 years of experience as a professional negotiator. Attorney Babitsky is the co-author of the best-selling book The Successful Physician Negotiator: How To Get What You Deserve and numerous other publications. He is a lively and entertaining trainer who has trained thousands of physicians over the past 23 years.
Here's What Past Attendees Have To Say About This Program:
"Great speaker and educator! Holds audience for the ENTIRE time - very unusual"
"Excellent"
"Informative and helpful, well met my objectives"
"Steve is a world-class character"
"Very informative"
"Great job! Very dynamic, appreciate benefiting from his personal experience"
"Very good program"
Registration Information: The $395 tuition includes a valuable seminar reference manual, continental breakfast and lunch each day with faculty, coffee breaks, and a dynamic learning experience.
Friday, August 13, 2004
� How to use an ambush negotiation � How to avoid an ambush negotiation
Saying No
How, when, and why to just say no
� Diagnosing competitive negotiation � Diagnosing cooperative negotiation � Moving from a competitive to cooperative negotiation
� Negotiating in their office � Negotiating in your office � Negotiating in neutral site
� Using forms & checklists (provided) � Legal issues
� The importance of negotiating with the "yes" person � Dealing with lack of authority � Reducing your own authority � Avoiding "trickle down loss"
Break and Networking Opportunity
� Ask questions early and in writing � Asking open-ended questions � Phrasing the questions correctly � Avoiding answering questions directly
� Finding out opponent's x-factor � Creating an ally
� Using deadlines effectively � Accelerated deadlines
� Capitalizing on your opponent's verbal leaks � Developing a "BATNA" � Using your opponent's "investment"
Lunch Provided (with Faculty)
� Reducing opponent's aspiration levels � How to make sure you don't sell yourself short � Negotiation preparation checklist � Information gathering
� Using the silence tactic � Loose lips sink ships
� Making them work for it � Linkage � Anchoring your opponent � "The story"
� Using fear of deadlock � Agreeing to no deadlock
� Controlled anger/high horse � Specter of failure
� Create a bigger pie � Identifying "win-win" scenarios
� Divide and conquer � The "weak link"
� Split the difference � Take it or leave it � Need a ballpark price � You're the best � I only have "x" � Are you willing to accept? � Brinksmanship � Outrageous opening offer � Limited authority � "Belly up" � Think of the future � Limited time offer � You have to do better than that � Selection from limited menu � Telephone negotiations
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