There’s plenty to go wrong in even the most trivial negotiation. And in the big, important ones, mistakes can be costly and very difficult to unravel. Huthwaite's Head of Sales, David Freedman discusses why skill and knowledge are a better insurance policy than trusting to luck and native cunning.
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Particularly in the sales business, an improvement in the observable skill with which a thing is done will have an equally observable impact on the personal and corporate outcome. Huthwaite's Director of Sales David Freedman explains.