Jason J Williams, Rochelle E Tractenberg, Bérénice Batut, Erin A Becker, Anne M Brown, Melissa L Burke, Ben Busby, Nisha K Cooch, Allissa A Dillman, Samuel S Donovan, Maria A Doyle, Celia W G van Gelder, Christina R Hall, Kate L Hertweck, Kari L Jordan, John R Jungck, Ainsley R Latour, Jessica M Lindvall, Marta Lloret-Llinares, Gary S McDowell, Rana Morris, Teresa Mourad, Amy Nisselle, Patricia Ordóñez, Lisanna Paladin, Patricia M Palagi, Mahadeo A Sukhai, Tracy K Teal, Louise Woodley
An international consensus on effective, inclusive, and career-spanning short-format training in the life sciences and beyond
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effective negotiation relationships critical successful longduration space missions inadequate conflict resolution shown serious consequences less desirable forms negotiation including positional bargaining eg negotiating prices exacerbate conflicts traditional positional bargaining may work simple lowstakes transactions prioritize ongoing relationships highstakes situations warrant interestbased negotiation parties competing interests goals collaborate mutually beneficial agreement learnable must practiced refresher training conflicts important prevent outofpractice crew members using less effective negotiation techniques training selfdirected involve others space mission people available may part conflict aimed develop test interactive module teaching principles skills interestbased negotiation way users find acceptable valuable learning enjoyable using webbased interactivemedia approach scripted filmed programmed interestbased negotiation interactive training module module program mentor introduces users circle value approach negotiation highlights key concepts interactive scenarios requiring users make selections specific decision points selection prompts feedback designed reinforce teaching point highlight particular negotiation technique evaluate module sought populations experiencing isolation confinement opportunistic design included 9 participants isolated confined environments australian antarctic program hawaii space exploration analog simulation mars simulation well subset people selfidentified isolated confined covid19 pandemic feedback collected participants n54 freeresponse answers questionnaires numerical scaling 0strongly disagree 4strongly agree end module total 51 54 94 participants found activity valuable learning conflict management identified selected either somewhat agree strongly agree including 100 participants isolated confined environment subset mode3 total 79 128162 participant responses indicated module realistic mode3 including 85 2327 responses participants isolated confined environments mode3 participants felt would particularly valuable new team members isolated confined environment 4654 85 participants mode 4 79 78 isolated confined environment subset mode 3 well veterans module offers selfdirected consistent approach interestbased negotiation training well received users although data limited due opportunistic study design module could useful individuals isolated confined environments anyone involved highstakes negotiations sustaining relationships essential