Successfully Negotiate the Change You Didn’t Want:
An online workshop for WashU Medicine Faculty
Join negotiation expert, Linda Swindling, JD, CSP, and learn how to adapt and transform with clarity and confidence.
Are you negotiating a change you chose or one that was thrust upon you? What would happen if you could adapt to change without the mental exhaustion? Whether the change was planned or a surprise, you often have more control and options than you think.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 1 – 2:30 p.m. CT
Virtual Workshop
After attending, participants leave with strategies to:
- Negotiate the learning curve and respond effectively to crisis, conflict and failure;
- Initiate, manage and champion change;
- Know the best questions to ASK when faced with a surprise or problem;
- Plan for anticipated situations and innovate when unanticipated issues occur;
- Encourage breakthroughs when others are breaking down;
- Let go of expectations of how it “should” be and embrace calculated risk-taking;
- Increase your tolerance for ambiguity and the unknown; and
- Influence others to commit even when the change is not fully defined.
Linda Swindling, JD, CSP
Negotiation speaker, author and expert Linda Swindling, JD, CSP, helps leaders negotiate everything from big deals to workplace drama using proven strategies that drive results without driving others away.
Linda helps leaders enhance business relationships; improve sales opportunities; communicate more effectively so they are heard and understood; and to have the courage and confidence to ask outrageously to get what they really want.
Linda learned first-hand how to negotiate results from her experiences in the courtroom and the boardroom. During her 10 years practicing law, Linda became a partner, had several successes negotiating multimillion-dollar deals, and resolved cases that “couldn’t be settled.” She also became a respected mediator in the Texas legal community. In addition to earning her law degree, Linda received advanced negotiation training through the Attorney-Mediators Institute, Harvard/MIT’s Program on Negotiation, and The University of Houston’s A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. Linda also spent five years with Vistage, the world’s largest CEO development organization. During her role as a Chair at Vistage, she advised and coached CEOs and key executives both in one-to-one settings and in peer groups.