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| ABOUT PEG WILLIAMS | QUALIFICATIONS | |
Mission
 Helping people negotiate well. Helping people understand the harmful results of negotiating without positive goals. Helping people overcome frustrating situations when others behave badly. Helping women succeed in the world of negotiation. Helping organizations / companies produce greater results through employees that negotiate well. Helping people solve problems.People have to negotiate all the time, and most of them zip around like they are in bumper cars – looking for ways to move, bumping others out of their way, taking hard and sometimes catastrophic bumps themselves but trying to survive until bedtime. I really can help regular people figure out how to negotiate with teenagers, spouses, the plumber, etc. Professionals often rely on natural ability and instincts. That's fine until circumstances change and different skills and abilities are needed. It's like a football player who's great until an opposing team watches some game films and figures out how to get the best of him. Negotiators can't afford to be good once and then stop working at it. I can help them develop the tools they need to succeed outside of their natural comfort zone, and I can get them to understand the need for constant training, just like the athlete. Background After a number of years teaching, I went to work for the education association as a UniServ Director. That is a field representative job that requires proficiency in bargaining, along with expertise in other union activities such as organizing and representation, and education related areas such as professional development for teachers and other education employees. Over the course of my career, I worked for a variety of affiliates of the National Education Association. Ultimately, I became a manager for the association. That gave me an opportunity to study the role of management and develop an understanding of the challenges involved. Two years ago, I retired from that work and began devoting time to my passion for negotiation. Throughout my career, I had studied bargaining in the very real world. I have led, observed, facilitated, mediated, and learned from negotiations that were elegant and some that were ugly. I have also studied the current literature on advances in the process, and attended professional development that let me learn on the go. My background is in education, but some of my experience and interests are in other fields as well. Now, I have the luxury to look for ways to help others while I continue to learn. The Private Side When not working, I swim and play golf (not all that well), serve as lay preacher at my church, and enjoy life with my husband and family. We are smitten with Hawaii and look for every opportunity to visit the islands. |
Professional Work Experience
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