STAFF REPORTS
The Hays County Dispute Resolution Center is offering classes in interest-based negotiations designed to promote “win-win” problem solving.
“In win-win negotiations, both parties acknowledge each other’s interests as well as their own and attempt to develop solutions that give both sides as many benefits as possible,” said Anna Bartkowski, director of the Hays County Dispute Resolution Center. “Too often, negotiations fail because of a win-lose mentality, in which each party tries to gain as much for itself as possible without regard to the needs of the other side.”
Trainers will present strategies for negotiating with an uncooperative person and will offer techniques that can neutralize attacks, negating the need for counter-attacks which could derail the negotiation.
The four-hour class will be offered twice, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and again from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, at the Dispute Resolution Center, 829 N. LBJ #108, San Marcos. Cost is $50 and attorneys, social workers and mental health professionals could qualify for continuing education credit. For more information, contact the DRC at 512-878-0382 or director@hcdrc.org.
