Practical Skills - Communication

Practical skills training offers a counterbalance to the intellectual rigour of the moral philosophy seminar and provides Scholars with a thorough grounding in the essential skills required for success in their future careers including communicating impact, negotiating, debating, blogging and using social media.

I used to think that negotiation was about compromise - an exchange between ultimately winners and losers. What I have learnt instead is that negotiation is about identifying mutual interests and optimizing outcomes. The best negotiators are those who know their own values and positions, and better yet that of the other parties entering the negotiations. Put simply - be prepared, know your worth!

Tsionawit Gebre-Yohannes (2021-22),
Ethiopia,
MPP,
Mansfield College,
Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann-Abraham/ Rausing