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Silence is an effective and useful tool in negotiations

Last week WNI’s founder Roar Wægger’s article, How to use silence to your advantage in the negotiation, was published in Brainz Magazine where he contribute as a Senior Executive Contributor. People [...]

02
May

Negotiation expert Roar Thun Wægger becomes Senior Executive Contributor at Brainz Magazine!

Roar Thun Wægger has been appointed Senior Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine

We are proud to announce that Roar Thun Wægger, CEO and founder of Wægger Negotiation Institute, has been appointed as a Senior Executive Contributor at Brainz Magazine! As a recognized expert [...]

25
Apr

Christopher at WNI is now a certified level 4 mediator

WNI’s Christopher O. Loenes is now a certified level 4 mediator

WNI would like to congratulate our own Christopher Olsson Loenes on his recently approved level 4 certification at the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), which is unique from a Norwegian perspective. [...]

18
Apr

The Global Icon Award 2022 – Roar Thun Wægger

WNI founder and CEO, Roar Thun Wægger, has been awarded the Global Icon 2022 Award. The Global Icons Award recognises and honors those industry leaders who have achieved tremendous feats in [...]

07
Mar

Language and Mediation

In this symposium headed by Mediator Vikram, founder and CEO at 360 Smart Lingo, Reem Elkady and WNI-founder Roar Thun Wægger discuss the importance of language skills in mediation. Mediation is [...]

20
Feb

Watch Talking Books on February 8th!

Save the date: February 8th! Sarah Blake and all the co-authors, including WNI-founder, Roar Thun Wægger’s book “Mediation Beyond Covid – Hacks, Craics and Crocodile Tears” will be the topic on [...]

06
Feb

Humor in negotiations

Have you ever wondered if humor in negotiation is appropriate, and when? The best negotiators make the counterparty feel good about the relationship, good in the communication process, and good about [...]

24
Jan

Negotiation training with ELSA Norway

On Monday 17 January, Wægger Negotiation Institute held a negotiation training for all Norwegian law students who wish to, or are considering registering for ELSA Norway’s negotiation competition. The negotiation training [...]

19
Jan

Mediation Beyond Covid – Hacks, Craics and Crocodile Tears has launched!

Yesterday, January 12th 2023, was the launch date for the book “Mediation Beyond Covid: Craics, Hacks and Crocodile Tears”! This is big news to us at WNI because our CEO and [...]

13
Jan

Mediation Beyond Covid releases january 12th

Mediation Beyond Covid – Launches January 12th!

WNI founder, Roar Thun Wægger is proud to share that January 12th, is set to be the launch date for the book he has co-authored – Mediation Beyond Covid – Hacks, [...]

03
Jan

HardCore Soft Skills can help you better serve your customers

How can we better serve our clients?

It was a great pleasure to be part of this international panel discussing, The future of the legal profession, at the LAW2.0 conference in Dubai this weekend. With our broad experiences, [...]

20
Dec

Facilitative leadership

When I started Wægger Negotiation Institute, I had the opportunity to give myself any title. That was my autonomy when I’m both the founder and CEO. For me, it was paramount [...]

02
Dec

Mediation Beyond Covid

“I’M SO EXCITED, TOO!!” was Roar’s response to his Australian mediator colleague, Sarah Blake, when she invited him as one of the contributors from around the globe to co-author with her [...]

28
Nov

Hardcore Soft Skills in Ireland

Last week Wægger Negotiation Institute and Roar Thun Wægger ran an online negotiation training for law students from the Law Society of Ireland on the topic Hardcore Softskills. Thank you, John Lunney, [...]

23
Nov

Passion Vista Magazine utpeker WNI-gründer Roar Thun Wægger til et globalt ikon for 2022

Passion Vista Magazine names WNI founder a Global Icon of 2022.

I’m honored and humbled to be acknowledged for the work I do to help parties bridge their gaps, and search for possible solutions in the future. With negotiation awareness and skills [...]

15
Nov

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar «is hot for yoga» – lawyers should be hot for mediation training

Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was known for his special way of driving toward the basket, and he perfected his famous “sky hook” skill. In addition, he regularly practiced yoga[1] to develop [...]

01
Nov

High demand for Negotiation Trainings

“I just have to say I absolutely loved your lecture and learned a lot about how to be a better jurist and human! Thank you again :)” wrote Chama Skounti, a [...]

28
Oct

Forhandlingsspesialist Roar Thun Wægger snakker til publikum

11 years – 163 hours – 3828 participants

For the last 11 years, and for several hundreds associates taken the Norwegian mandatary bar exam course, founder of WNI, Roar Thun Waegger, has enjoyed to teach the negotiation skills course [...]

29
Sep

Interview: “Hope in times of adversity” – Just Peace Month 2022

Yesterday, on the International Day of Peace, WNI founder Roar Thun Wægger shared some of his thoughts and stories from his work with helping clients overcome adversity and achieve peace. We would like [...]

22
Sep

Mediation – Who is holding back?

Alternative dispute resolution, and in particular mediation, is constantly gaining new supporters. But who is holding back from further acceleration in the use of out-of-court dispute resolution? Are there clients who [...]

05
Sep

How To Negotiate By Keeping The Brain In Mind

This article was first published on brainzmagazine.com, where CEO and founder of WNI, Roar Thun Wægger is a Executive Contributor. Rationality is a myth. Instead, human behavior and circumstances are predictably [...]

14
Jul

Podcast: It’s an inside job

Negotiation by keeping the brain in mind was the topic when Roar was a quest in ITS AN INSIDE JOB podcast. Resilience in negotiation and challenging conversations come down to preparation, [...]

27
Jun

Lecture for students at University of Stavanger – Hardcore soft skills.

This week WNI founder, Roar Thun Wægger, visited the University of Stavanger Business School, Department of Law at Handelshøyskolen – to talk to their student on their soft skills project. Thank [...]

01
Apr

How do we manage negotiation techniques properly?

In this episode of the podcast Tankeledarpodden Jason Liem and Roar Thun Wægger present the powerful negotiating model they have named “Negotiation with the Brain in MIND”. Behind the podcast is the enthusiastic Swedish [...]

20
Jan

New Year Greetings from WNI

To all our partners, clients, colleagues, and friends – WNI wishes you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2022! Thank you for the good collaborations in 2021. It [...]

04
Jan

Abonnere på nyhetsbrev.

Founder and CEO of WNi, Roar Thun Wægger

Christopher Olsson Loenes is a facilitator, advisor, and SIMI certivied mediator.

Venera Kusari is a peacebuilding professional conflict practitioner, researcher, trainer, and manager of projects in the field of humanitarian, human rights, and social development.

Adrian Martin is currently a law student at the University of Oslo.

Peder Grennes Hallin is currently a law student at UiO, where he is getting his master’s degree in law.

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