I am not a huge fan of Disneyland and Disneyworld. My wife and kids love them, but I hate long lines and just don’t love rollercoasters and its other rides (largely because I don’t feel great after and it takes me a while to recover). But I do admire how Disney runs...
Shortly after being named Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger negotiated peace with then disgruntled and former board member Roy Disney (Walt’s nephew). Roy had just sued Disney over Iger’s selection and it easily could have derailed Iger’s effort to lead Disney in a bold new...
Paul Eckstein, one of the best litigators I know, told me years ago that his firm would sometimes assign a separate lawyer to try to negotiate and settle a big case in addition to its trial counsel. They would have a “Department of War and a Department of Peace,” he...
The personal threats, vitriol and escalatory social media tantrums flying between former bromance buddies Elon Musk and Donald Trump last week – and their apparent truce this week – got me thinking about how friends should effectively communicate and negotiate with...
The most common negotiation question I am asked these days relates to the current U.S.-China trade war standoff: who has stronger leverage? Here’s my answer, which may surprise some of you. But first, some history and how we got here. The U.S. initiated a tariff-based...
I recently finished tennis superstar Jimmy Connors’ autobiography The Outsider and it contained some great lessons applicable to negotiations (and life). Connors, who won 8 Grand Slam singles titles and was ranked #1 in the world for 268 weeks – 5th most of any...
I hope you enjoy my interview with el Periodico, the daily newspaper based in Barcelona Spain. Here is the LINK. The text is in Spanish, but it can be translated to English if you open it in Google Chrome. * Marty Latz is the founder of Latz Negotiation, a national...
I hope you enjoy my interview with Fox Business News on Monday. Here is the LINK. * Marty Latz is the founder of Latz Negotiation, a national negotiation training and consulting company that helps individuals and organizations achieve better results with best...
I hope you enjoy this video interview with this Ukrainian newspaper – The Kyiv Independent – on the Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Here is the LINK. And it’s in English! * Marty Latz is the founder of Latz Negotiation, a national negotiation training...
