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We have indeed already written a lot about business negotiations. But there is still a lot we can write. This time, we are starting a series of posts on business negotiation in order to organise and group the knowledge we have passed on. We will start with an introduction to negotiation, describing its styles.

Whatever the business, purchasing is one of the most important areas. It is on the results that buyers achieve that the overall performance of a company often depends.

Purchasing strategies are becoming an increasingly fashionable topic among entrepreneurs. However, as interest in this topic grows, so does the level of doubt and the number of questions in the category „is a purchasing strategy needed in my company?”

Negotiation has changed a lot over the last few years. Once upon a time, negotiation techniques were the domain of salespeople and it was they who most often benefited from negotiation workshops and training.

Often, after starting out as a negotiator and having achieved initial successes, it happens that we rest on our laurels convinced that we have an innate talent. Arguably, there is a lot of truth in this, as a talent for business negotiation makes it much easier to achieve a goal.

The negotiation process is changing its form seamlessly. With advances in technology, we are given many new opportunities to conduct negotiation talks. As a result, trade talks are possible in almost any circumstances.

Negotiation is a specific and particular form of communication. Although it is based on conversation, it is characterised by the self-interest of both parties. Everyone who enters into a negotiation starts the conversation with a preconceived goal that they want to achieve at the end. That is why it is essential to be perfectly prepared for business negotiations or not to enter into them at all.

Achieving the desired results in negotiations depends on many factors and requires certain conditions to be met. Are there methods to train negotiation techniques and raise one's competence to the level of an expert negotiator?

The audit of companies should be carried out by an independent auditor. Only then will the assessment and subsequent documentation and new strategy be prepared objectively. Business audits can have different objectives and end results. What is a business audit, what types of audits are there and what benefits do they offer? Business audit - what does it involve?

It is very often the case that when we start our own business we are convinced of the reliability of the business strategy we have chosen. In fact, it may turn out that what we thought was working needs to be reorganised and can greatly improve the company's cost efficiency.

We recently mentioned in our blog that investing in employee training is a move that definitely pays off. But in order for it to pay off, you need to give your trained employees opportunities to continuously put into practice the knowledge and new techniques they have acquired. This time, we will share tips on how to measure the effects of the training and workshops attended, and how to effectively check the competences and...

The resilience of the supply chain to threats that may occur along the way of the execution of the entire process is an unquestionable foundation. No matter how complex a company's structure or how extensive the entire process is, proper supply chain management will not only improve the quality of the services provided, but also protect the company from potential financial losses....