Changing Negotiators is a classic manoeuvre to get you out of a DEADLOCK. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send his only sister, Kim Yo-jong to the Opening Ceremony at the Winter Olympics making a Process manoeuvre proving that if we appreciate the importance of separating Process (the ‘How’) from Content (the ‘What’), there is no such thing as a DEADLOCK.
Oh really? On the contrary, women are always negotiating. We just don’t give ourselves credit for it – in fact do we actually realize that we are doing it? Think of those conversations with your boss, your partner, your children – anyone with whom you have an ongoing relationship – where you needed an outcome. What did you do? How did you get there?