Ebook: Negotiating the nonnegotiable: how to resolve your most emotionally charged conflicts

"In this landmark book, world-renowned Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking, step-by-step method to resolve your most difficult conflicts. Find out how to successfully resolve your most emotionally charged conflicts. This indispensable guide reveals the five hidden emotional forces that strain your relations and block agreement: vertigo, repetition compulsion, taboos, assault on the sacred, and identity politics. The moment you feel attacked, these forces transform your conflict into an adversarial battle, turning even a straightforward disagreement into an emotional uproar. In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, you will learn a powerful, proven approach to overcome these forces, reconcile your relations, and reach agreement in even your most challenging personal and professional disputes"--Publisher.;Why this book? -- Section 1. Why do we get stuck in conflict? Emotionally charged conflicts are hard to resolve ; Identity matters (more than you think) ; Is identity negotiable? ; How to avoid getting lured into conflict -- Section 2. How to break free. Stop vertigo before it consumes you ; Resist the repetition compulsion ; Acknowledge taboos ; Respect the sacred--don't assault it ; Use Identity politics to unify -- Section 3. How to reconcille relations. Bridging the divide: a four-step method ; Uncover the mythos of identity ; Work through emotional pain ; Build crosscutting connections ; Reshape the relationship -- Section 4. How to negotiate the nonnegotiable. Manage dialectics ; Foster the spirit of reconciliation.