Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal [Paperback]

George H. Ross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 2008

Ever since he wrote The Art of the Deal, Trump has been the world’s most famous negotiator—even though he didn’t reveal his actual deal-making secrets. Now, George Ross explains the tactics that too Trump to the top and how you can use those same tactics and strategies in your daily negotiations. A practical, real-world negotiation playbook, this is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to negotiate like a proven winner.

Editorial Reviews

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" This is a fascinating and enjoyable book and useful for everyone... " ("Personal Success," April 2007)

' I enjoyed the book immensely... experience shines through in a highly recommended book.' ("Edge," May 2007)

From the Back Cover

Trump-Style Negotiation

"Offers insight into Donald J. Trump's big-thinking negotiation style, which leaves the contract details to his trusted advisor, George Ross . . . This well-written book reveals negotiation tactics not found elsewhere, illustrated with many actual examples from Trump acquisitions."
—ROBERT BRUSS, syndicated columnist

For thirty years, George Ross has helped negotiate many of Donald Trump's biggest and most profitable deals, including Trump Tower, the GM Building, 40 Wall Street, and the Chrysler Building. In Trump-Style Negotiation, Ross lays out the strategies behind his most critical negotiations for Donald Trump and other real estate moguls:

• Build trust, friendship, and satisfaction with the other side

• Discover what the other side wants, determine their weaknesses, and uncover valuable information

• Convince the other side they're getting more than they expected

• Use timing, deadlines, deadlocks, and delays to your advantage

• Employ psychological negotiation tactics

• Become an expert on the topic you're negotiating

• Be flexible and consider multiple solutions to every impasse

• Tap into powerful planning and organizational tools to help you win

Trump-Style Negotiation is full of rules, principles, tips, and tactics you can apply to your own negotiations in business and in life. Written by the ultimate insider, this is the book for anyone who understands that good negotiating is the difference between success and failure.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470225297
• ISBN-13: 978-0470225295
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book, Thanks George Ross, December 29, 2006

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C. Frome (South Carolina--Where All the Cheese is Orange) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal (Hardcover)

Three years ago, when I became a Realtor, I was surprised that absolutely no part of the licensing course addressed negotiation--even though real estate agents have a fiduciary responsibility to negotiate on behalf of their clients. Nor are there any continuing-ed courses on the subject! Ever since, I've been questing after information that uses concrete examples and techniques that might strengthen my own homemade common-sense approach to negotiating. Win-win conceptual books are all well and good, but I want to shine my flashlight on the tough guy in the alley who doesn't care about win-win. Let's face it, a lot of negotiators couldn't care less about whether or not my client feels happy with the result of the negotiation, and they're not worrying about long-term business relationships. This is the only book I've found that gives me exactly what I've been wanting, a way to recognize various tactics and ways to meet them head-on, whether I'm wearing my velvet gloves or my boxing gloves. Thanks for the great book, George!

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Practical Tactics by the "Trump-Style" Elucidator, December 30, 2006

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Mr. Bibliophile "Voracious Reader/Doer" (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal (Hardcover)

After reading Mr. Ross' first book: 'Trump Strategies For Real Estate; Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor', I couldn't wait to dig into this one. I noticed upon perusing his first release that I got a lot more out of his 'Trump insider' revelations than I ever have from Mr. Trump's books.

The man whose identity I learned of while watching 'The Apprentice' delivers again. He elaborates on many of the negotiating concepts he touched on in his real estate book, then goes much farther with examples along the way. He basically breaks the Trump Style down into eight essential principles:

1. Establish Trust, Frienship and Satisfaction with the other side.

2. Discover what the other side wants, determine his or her weaknesses, and uncover valuable hidden information.

3. Convince the other side that they're getting more than expected.

4. Use Timing, Deadlines, Deadlocks, and Delays to your advantage.

5. Employ psychological negotiating tactics.

6. Become an expert on the topic that you're negotiating.

7. Maintain flexibility and seek multiple solutions to every impasse.

8. Tap into powerful planning and organizational tools to help you win.

I really like the insights he gives pertaining to "the aura of legitimacy". I've found that an awareness of this particular negotiating gambit has been very helpful in my current negotiations for cost-effective advertising space. I'm now aware when this tactic is being used against me and I no longer fall prey to it.

The only thing that slightly irritated me while reading Mr. Ross' book on negotiating was contained on page 88. It was there that he interjected a bit of personal political opinion that I think is better left omitted from a business book.

Although the aforementioned gripe cannot be without influence from my own political views, I won't take a star away from my rating of George Ross' book on negotiation. In fact, as long as this guy keeps writing business books, I'll keep buying them and reading them. Highly recommended.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review for Trump-Style Negotiation, October 22, 2006

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SeriousReader (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal (Hardcover)

Mr. Ross really does describe some very useful negotiating practices and strategies. I wished that I had known of this book before I purchased my house. I would have been better prepared and fared better in my negotiations. After reading this book you will make a better deal for yourself based on proven strategies and not emotion.