The more prepared you are for a negotiation, the fewer surprises there should be and the better able you should be to respond by offers, demands or actions by the other side. One way to prepare is to make a game of it, much like the military does when training its officers and service members. You may not have tanks to drive or planes to fly, but that doesn’t mean you can’t war game.
A war game has rules, procedures, and conflict, all part of recreational games and military exercises.
4 Ways to Prepare for Negotiations Like a Warrior
Single tactical battles or entire wars from any historical era or the in an imaginary time and place can be gamed.
These can be replayed over and over again, allowing for rematches, the use of different tactics or orders of battle in a similar situation.
If a game is historically accurate, students can witness a battle as it happened to better appreciate the situations both sides found themselves in.
Gamers can use their own skills and imagination to change the outcome of the contest through different tactics and a little luck.
