#21 – Covering Your Bases: Avoiding Arbitration + Achieving Better Outcomes

Take a break from election content and learn negotiation tips and tricks using ANOTHER topic that's been in the news recently: baseball!  This week, Gene dives into the world of MLB contract negotiations throughout history and what we can take from each of them to become better businesspeople. Explore the importance of having options and how to create them, do a deep dive into the good and bad of arbitration, and see firsthand why it's important to trust but verify. Remember: negotiation is life. Mentioned in this episode:  "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton Federal Baseball Club v. National League Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc.