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This measure can and should be used to inform your decision while you’re still at the table. If you reach your counterpart’s last and final offer and your alternatives are better, the decision to walk to those alternatives is a good one. There should be no regrets in having walked away from this negotiation.",[],{"type":307,"content":359},[360],{"type":265,"value":361,"marks":362},"On the other hand, if both parties decide to formalize an agreement, each should be materially better off than with the respective alternatives. While we often second guess whether we might have done better or worry that we have left “money on the table,” we simply need to confirm that we are better off for having made a deal. ",[],{"type":345,"id":364,"level":347,"content":365},"process",[366],{"type":265,"value":367,"marks":368},"Process",[352],{"type":307,"content":370},[371],{"type":265,"value":372,"marks":373},"This brings us to the second pillar: Process. 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Either process can result in a strong relationship of trust and respect, depending on the integrity of the negotiators. I believe that a good relationship is one in which both parties leave with mutual respect, reputations intact and a willingness to engage in future negotiations.",[],{"type":307,"content":401},[402,405,408],{"type":265,"value":403,"marks":404},"It is also important to consider relationships beyond the two parties at the table. How will the outcome and process of this negotiation affect you and your counterpart’s relationships with others? Will the outcome and process compromise or improve those relationships? Will they add value or destroy it? Will those participants included in the agreement but ",[],{"type":265,"value":406,"marks":407},"not at the negotiating table",[335],{"type":265,"value":409,"marks":410}," be counted on to deliver on the agreement? 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