Negotiation & Partnership Development
About Course
Course Code: YSL-605
Pillar: Growth, Scaling & Business Leadership
Course Overview: Strong negotiations create workable agreements while protecting relationships. Learners prepare around interests, priorities, alternatives, value, communication, compromise, and clear terms when dealing with customers, suppliers, funders, distributors, collaborators, and community stakeholders.
They also explore how to select, establish, and manage partnerships ethically so that shared opportunities remain practical, transparent, and mutually beneficial.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the basics of negotiation and partnership development.
- Prepare for negotiations with clear goals, limits, and options.
- Communicate interests, value, and expectations clearly.
- Reach fair agreements with customers, suppliers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Build and manage partnerships that create mutual value.
- Create a practical negotiation and partnership development plan.
Target Audience: Young entrepreneurs, small business owners, side hustle operators, freelancers, youth enterprise founders, startup teams, and early-stage business leaders who need to negotiate better deals and build productive partnerships.
Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.
Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.
Pathway Focus: Understand Negotiation & Partnerships. Build capability in Communication and Value Creation in Negotiation. Apply learning through Managing Partnerships and Negotiation Growth.
Course Content
Course Introduction
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