MASTERING NEGOTIATION FLUENCY - it’s easier than you think
Negotiation Fluency
For Business Owners
And their teams
Negotiate Smart AcademyTM
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This five-session series is specifically tailored for business owners who must negotiate everything with everyone. From business development to suppliers to employees and workers, and everything in-between.
This series will give you a user-friendly roadmap to negotiation success that will take the anxiety and guess work out of creating Win-Win agreements.This series will save you time, money and headaches.
If you’re not satisfied, we offer a money-back guarantee.
Who Me negotiate? Yes, you do
Negotiation Course Options
The Course | Who will benefit from this course? | Course length | Calendar | sign up |
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Negotiation Fluency for Business ProfessionalsClick here to learn more | Business Professionals, Procurement, Specialists, Freelancers, Project Managers | 6 hours of live virtual instruction (recorded for later viewing) | Course Schedule instead of three session offering | Sign up Download the overview |
Win-Win Negotiation Strategies for Everyone. The six essential strategies for amateur negotiators.Click here to learn more | Non-Professional negotiators People who might negotiate on eBay, for travel points, upgrades, plumbers, spouse, neighbors, etc.. | 2.5 hours virtual live and on-demand | Three session offerings Jan. 15th 10:00-12:00 EST (NY) | Sign up Download the overview |
Negotiate your best salary and raiseClick here to learn more | 18 strategies to get the best salary and raise possible | 1.5 hours. Live virtual and on-demand | January 16th 1:00-2;30 EST (NY) | Sign up |
How to Prevent and Respond to Hardball TacticsClick here to learn more | Video series on how to recognize, minimize and respond to bully, demanding negotiation tactics | 16 video series On-demand (about an hour) | Download the videos and watch any time. | Sign up |
The Emotional Intelligence of Negotiation, Communication and Conflict-ResolutionClick here to learn more | This course is for everyone who wants to learn strategies to improve the emotional and psychological aspects of negotiation and communication. | Six sessions Live virtual and recorded | 2025 dates to be added soon. | To receive future dates.. |
Managing Triggers with Emotional Intelligence Click here to learn more | Everyone will benefit from this course. Discover simple strategies to side-step, and reverse the triggers that hijack our ability to have productive conversations, effectively problem-solving and be productive. | Four part live virtual and recorded | 2025 dates to be added soon | To receive future dates.. |
Negotiation Fluency for Business Professionals Advanced Review MeetingClick here to learn more | Business Professionals, Procurement, Specialists, Freelancers, Project Managers | 2.5 hour live virtual meeting | Course schedule, | Sign up Download the overview |
Why Choose Castle Negotiations Consulting Group?
Real Results that Matter
Virtual Negotiation Training: A Modern Solution for a Modern Problem
Your Personal “Negotiation Culture” Builders
From sales to supply chain and procurement to production, negotiation holds the cards to a company’s success.
But getting everyone on the same page is often easier said than done. But imagine the boundless possibilities if your entire team negotiates like a pro! That’s where Castle Negotiations Consulting Group steps in with our expertise in in-depth negotiation training and workshops.
In the corporate jungle, the survival of the fittest doesn’t necessarily favor the strongest but those who know how to negotiate their way through. Therefore, a commercially prosperous organization needs to breathe a culture that not only understands negotiation but excels at it.
Castle Negotiations Consulting Group don’t just show you how to play the negotiation game; our training infuses it into your corporate DNA. Together, we’ll create a negotiation culture that will make your strategy deliverables a walk in the park.
Negotiate Smart Academy
Negotiation Fluency
it’s easier than you think
- Negotiate your salary.
- Masterfully manage bully negotiators.
- Managing triggers with emotional intelligence.
- And many more
Negotiation fluency for Small Business Owners, Self-Employed and Corporate Professionals
What We Do
Measure Your Negotiation Vital Signs
Transforming Roadblocks into Runways
About Ruth Shlossman
Ms. Ruth Shlossman is the CEO and Founder of Castle Negotiations Consulting Group. With over 25 years of experience as a global negotiation consultant, she has a track record of success in over 25 countries with hundreds of Fortune 500 companies. A graduate of the University of Florida, she holds a master’s degree from Harvard.
There are two aspects to every negotiation; the strategies and emotional intelligence. Ms. Shlossman has the rare talent of coaching her students towards mastery of both of these realms.
Ms. Shlossman has also worked with NASA, FCA, Impossible Foods, KPS Private Equity, LifeFitness among hundreds more. Further, she has spent time in the Middle East facilitating dialogues between opposing factions.
Introducing Michele Mandryk
For the last four decades, Michele has worked her way up from Associate Buyer to Sourcing and Procurement Process Manager in the volatile steel industry. She has successfully led procurement teams to negotiate multi-million dollar contracts with an annual $400 million dollar budget.
Michele understands first-hand the need for affordable, practical, easy to implement, negotiation training and systematic follow up for procurement professionals at all levels. She has extensive experience addressing the negotiation challenges faced by everyone, including Fortune 500 procurement teams. She has personally implemented the Castle Negotiations Consulting Group negotiation strategies with tremendous success.
Michele has a unique ability to help procurement professionals of all levels consistently improve their negotiation skills and obtain the best agreement possible, while maintaining strong and positive relationships. This is her super power.
After 39 years as a procurement leader, she has joined Castle Negotiation Consulting group to help procurement teams successfully negotiate the best agreements possible.
It takes a solid Negotiation Strategy AND Negotiation Emotional Intelligence for your team to win!
Testimonials
Here is what our clients say
I had the opportunity to participate in several courses held by Castle Negotiations and I can confirm the good quality of all the courses. During the courses I was able to acquire new ways of negotiating according to the various contexts and interlocutors (local market, customs and traditions of the place of negotiation). happy to have participated.
Taylor Buff
(CNCG) has taught hundreds of employees of our portfolio companies in the past few years, both from the Procurement and Sales functions. Ruth is a negotiations expert and an extremely lively and engaging trainer. She follows a very clear, easy to follow negotiation process that employees can immediately start using in their jobs. In a short time following the training, our portfolio company employees have improved their negotiation outcomes by a large margin. This means the ROI in (CNCG) is extremely high. The feedback is always very positive from the negotiation training sessions we conduct.
David Peck
Ruth is a deep expert in negotiating strategy, and what is truly special about her, beyond all those things you would expects in any senior professional, was her ability to effortlessly “customize” on the fly her material to the needs of the specific (and in most cases in my use of her difficult) people and situation in question. Very engaging presentation style, that worked very well across a host of geographies that we worked together at. Highly recommend!
Tom Jacobson
The results and ROI from the training have (as I expected) proved to be rapid; the change in approach of my team to challenging situations and the value they have delivered are a direct result of Ruth and I have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone looking to improve themselves or their teams.
Ruth offers a unique perspective and insight into negotiation and her tailored courses approach negotiation in ways that none of the dozens of other courses I’ve attended even come close to. Negotiation training, is in my experience very similar – regardless of who delivers it… except for Ruth.
Tony Reynolds
Ruth recently spent two days working with a cross-functional, cross-generational and cross-cultural group of colleagues teaching us how manage conflict in a kind, professional and productive way. Conflict happens in every organization and in fast-growing start ups it can be especially noisy.
It has been terrific seeing everyone, from Associate – SVP level, using their new language and skills! Ruth will be back soon for the next level of negotiation training and there is a wait list because the first round was such a success.
Stephanie Lind
The way that the class was approached was very beneficial to our organization. The amount of preparation that (CNCG) made for the class was outstanding.
Overall, we believe that this was a great way to bring out the best skillset within our organization and prepare the group for being able to take charge of our negotiations.
I would highly recommend utilizing Castle Negotiations Consulting Group for any type of sales negotiation training.
Sean Perrera
I gained valuable insight. As a person that took Conflict and Negotiations as part of my MBA studies I learned some things that I hadn’t learned previosuly.
Kevin Fort
Experience matters. We all know this, and yet on many of our queries we turn to boiler plate solutions extracted from digital interfaces instead of tapping into vetted experience. When it comes to negotiations in general and negotiations for commercial terms in particular, Ruth Shlossman and Castle Negotiations have invaluable experience that will make you feel like you were leaving money on the table before having learned their strategies.
Nimrod Vromen
I was shocked about how much I needed this course. When negotiating with my clients I was always confused about how to stand my ground in a way that is respectful to me and them. This course was also helpful in showing me how to negotiate with the people I supervise.
Having many options of how to ask for what I want and respond to requests has made my life so much less stressful and my business profits year after year because I learned these skills. I recommend this course for anyone in business for themselves. It will change your life.
Rachel Lewin
I enjoyed every second of the training. The quality of materials presented and presentation itself, including the games focused on practicing new skills and attitude in the negotiation were very well prepared. There were many “aha” moments, but my main take away for me would be the importance of nurturing our own curiosity and keeping the suppliers emotionally involved in all the discussions we have. I also enjoyed testing my own negotiation strategy by being on the sales side. It gave me a new perspective.
Monika Schucht
After the coaching session, I was no longer nervous about negotiating. She showed me a logical easy to follow system. I also saw that negotiating is a lot more creative than I thought.
Ezra Wanetik
At a recent negotiation, I was able to put together a (BAM) list of additional marketing concessions that the distributor agreed to saving us about $4000. In fees. I’ve replicated this approach in two other marketing negotiations with identical results.
Dan Wright
2 strategies: “Probing Inquiry” strategy and How to switch to a potential yes
Jo Jackson
We have always loved working with Ruth from Castle Negotiations. She has done speaking for us, as well as working with our sister company to create lessons that helped support the live programs. Very knowledgeable, and always very professional. She was great at connecting with our learners and provided an in-depth understanding of negotiation strategies and how they could be implemented even in difficult negotiating environments.
Brooks Johnson
This training was very instructive and informative. With lots of interactive group work, it never gets boring. The two days passed quickly and were so full of new ideas that I still have to let this sink in for a few more weeks and study her documents more closely. i would say that i learned a lot and am looking forward to applying the techniques in real negotiations.
Ross Macpherson
I felt that Ruth’s seminar was very valuable. She gave me many approaches that I feel I can implement in my working life. I work in a development environment where I need to be flexible and try to preserve relationships. She helped me think of ways to take a firmer stance and still preserve these relationships.
Francisco Romero Diaz
It was informative. Learnt the importance of the use of persuasion when trying to drive home a point.
Wayne Swiecicki
I enjoyed it very much and used what I learned soon afterwards!
Tobias Lorbach
Excellent training and excellent trainer
Jan Zhang
The Negotiate Smart training has been a great eye opener for me and my team. Now my team is much better prepared to negotiate and they have a great base to keep on growing in their careers.
Carlos Alvarez Ferrando
“I opened with an aggressive BAM in my last sourcing. When I shared this number with each supplier, all of them told me there was no way they could get there. After 7 rounds of negotiation, I sourced above my BAM by 1.5%. This was worth $3.7M in piece price when comparing the most competitive 1st round quote to where I finished.”
Auburn Hills
After the workshop I feel much more confident in negotiations.
Cheryl Efedje
The training in spring 2022 was very inspiring for me. – In the following negotiations, we had a lot of fun by experiencing some of your major tactics. o BAM o Silence o Best negotiation preparation based on facts All negotiation were also supported by an excellent set of explaining PowerPoint presentations.
Amberlynn Ramirez
The two-day session was very useful and has definitely helped me with some key techniques to use like the use of probing questions when the supplier gives you a hard no, the idea of recognising your counterparts emotional triggers and your own to try and keep control of the situation and your emotions. Felt very engaging for the full 2 days which is quite rare with a full 2 day training session.