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Accorda Solutions

Close Deals. Shift Dynamics. Own the Room.

Negotiation consulting built on tactical empathy and FBI-derived principles practical tools that shift outcomes in your favour without burning relationships.

What we do

Most negotiators leave value on the table because they focus on positions rather than the underlying interests driving the other side. We teach a different approach. One built on tactical empathy, calibrated questioning, and the ability to make the other party feel heard without ever conceding ground you didn't intend to give.

The techniques we apply were developed in high-stakes crisis negotiation and made widely known by former FBI lead negotiator Chris Voss. They work because they account for something most negotiation training ignores: human emotion and the need to feel understood. When people feel heard, they share more, concede more, and become far easier to move.

Dedicated negotiation consulting is rare in Australia. Most businesses rely on generic sales training or overseas content that doesn't account for Australian business culture and context. We bring a rigorous, evidence-based framework refined through real deals and real conversations and apply it to the specific situations Australian businesses face: enterprise procurement, investor discussions, internal stakeholder management, and difficult commercial renewals.

We work with founders closing investment rounds, sales teams stuck in prolonged enterprise cycles, executives navigating internal conflict, and anyone who needs to influence an outcome without a formal authority advantage. Our goal is not to make you a harder negotiator. It is to make you a more effective one someone who closes with confidence and builds agreements that stick.

What you get

  • Higher close rates

    Structured negotiation frameworks that help your team identify the real blockers earlier and remove them, turning stalled deals into signed contracts.

  • Better terms, fewer concessions

    Learn how to anchor effectively, counter anchors without losing ground, and protect your margin without triggering defensive reactions.

  • Influence without authority

    Tactical empathy gives you the ability to shape conversations even when you are not the most senior person in the room, or the buyer.

  • Confidence in high-stakes moments

    From board presentations to vendor renewals, your team will walk into difficult conversations prepared not just with talking points, but with a method.

How we work

A structured approach that moves fast without skipping the steps that matter.

  1. 01

    Situation assessment

    We start by understanding your current negotiation challenges: deal types, deal sizes, where conversations break down, and what tactics your team is already using.

  2. 02

    Technique selection and training

    We tailor the training to your context enterprise sales, procurement, investor relations, internal stakeholder management and teach the techniques most relevant to your situations.

  3. 03

    Live practice and role-play

    Skills are built through repetition. We run structured practice sessions using real scenarios from your business so the language and tactics become natural, not scripted.

  4. 04

    Deal coaching

    We review live deals in flight, help you read the dynamic, and advise on the right moves at each stage from opening to close.

  5. 05

    Debrief and refinement

    After significant negotiations, we debrief what worked and what did not, building a feedback loop that compounds your team's capability over time.

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