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Deal Negotiation, Pricing Strategy & Stakeholder Mapping Specialization

Coursera

Deal Negotiation, Pricing Strategy & Stakeholder Mapping Specialization

Negotiate, Price, and Close With Confidence.

Master the deal strategy, pricing tactics, and stakeholder skills that drive B2B sales outcomes.

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build territory strategies using ICP segmentation and AI signals, and run gap analyses to recommend pivots that improve pipeline outcomes.

  • Map deal stakeholders using influence-interest analysis to identify economic buyers, technical buyers, and user champions in complex deals.

  • Apply BATNA thinking, collaborative negotiation techniques, and anchoring strategies to prepare for and execute high-stakes deal conversations.

  • Evaluate pricing and discount options using weighted decision matrices that assess margin impact, ROI, deal term, and competitive pressure.

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April 2026

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Specialization - 10 course series

Craft Territory Playbook

Craft Territory Playbook

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to draft a focused 6 month territory strategy that segments accounts by ICP, sets realistic pipeline goals, & incorporates AI propensity signals.

  • How to run a mid-cycle gap analysis against targets and recommend strategic pivots that improve outcomes while there is still time to act.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prioritization
Category: Sales Territory Management
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Sales
Category: Sales Strategy
Category: Sales Pipelines
Category: Sales Development
Category: Account Strategy
Category: Sales Support
Category: Gap Analysis
Category: Decision Making
Category: Sales Management
Category: Sales Prospecting
Category: AI Integrations
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Performance Analysis
Map Deal Stakeholders

Map Deal Stakeholders

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to identify the 3 core roles in complex deals & translating those roles into a practical influence–interest map.

  • Rather than listing contacts, you will learn to justify who holds authority, who carries risk concerns, and where deals are most vulnerable.

  • By the end, you will be able to analyze stakeholder systems more realistically and design smarter engagement and negotiation strategies.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Strategic Prioritization
Category: Stakeholder Analysis
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Negotiation
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Data Processing
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Decision Making
Category: B2B Sales
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Enterprise Sales
Category: Specialized Sales
Plan Negotiation Success

Plan Negotiation Success

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Negotiation
Category: Decisiveness
Category: Succession Planning
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Customer Success Management
Category: Contingency Planning
Category: Planning
Category: Decision Making
Category: Strategic Thinking
Negotiate Collaboratively

Negotiate Collaboratively

Course 4, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: B2B Sales
Category: Negotiation
Category: Consultative Approaches
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Business Relationship Management
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Strategic Partnership
Category: Business
Category: Collaboration
Category: Business Communication
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Decision Making
Category: Discussion Facilitation
Plan & Debrief Deals

Plan & Debrief Deals

Course 5, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Contract Negotiation
Category: Negotiation
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Sales Strategy
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Sales
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Planning
Category: Performance Review
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Business Planning
Category: B2B Sales
Category: Upselling
Category: Enterprise Sales
Price Talk Tactics

Price Talk Tactics

Course 6, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recognize and apply anchoring tactics in pricing conversations to establish favorable starting positions in negotiations

  • Master bracketing techniques to create strategic pricing ranges that guide buyers toward your target price point

  • Trade non-price concessions effectively to protect margins while still moving deals forward to successful close

Skills you'll gain

Category: Negotiation
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Selling Techniques
Category: Sales Training
Category: Influencing
Category: Sales
Category: General Sales Practices
Anchor Price Like Pro

Anchor Price Like Pro

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Negotiation
Category: Business Communication
Category: Overcoming Objections
Category: Sales
Category: Decision Making
Category: General Sales Practices
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Contract Negotiation
Category: Scope Management
Smart Decision Matrix

Smart Decision Matrix

Course 8, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Structure complex pricing decisions using multi-criteria matrices with factors like cost, ROI, and implementation time

  • Build weighted decision matrices to compare pricing packages and identify the best option for sales negotiations

  • Summarize key decision factors and explain recommendations clearly to align sales, finance, and operations teams

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision Making
Category: Prioritization
Category: Complex Problem Solving
Category: Decision Tree Learning
Category: Sales
Category: Solution Selling
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Negotiation
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Decision Intelligence
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Decision Support Systems
Category: Cost Benefit Analysis
Matrix Your Discounts

Matrix Your Discounts

Course 9, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build a weighted decision matrix to evaluate discount options based on margin impact, deal term, and competitive pressure

  • Compare and analyze multiple discount scenarios systematically to move beyond gut-feel decisions in complex B2B deals

  • Apply a repeatable framework for making consistent, defensible discount decisions that withstand stakeholder scrutiny

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision Making
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: B2B Sales
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Competitive Analysis
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: User Feedback
Category: Cost Benefit Analysis
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Sales Strategy
Category: Matrix Management
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Business Marketing
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Sales
Category: Gross Profit
Seal Deals Smartly

Seal Deals Smartly

Course 10, 1 hour

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Closing (Sales)
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Sales Pipelines
Category: Selling Techniques
Category: Decision Making
Category: Simulations
Category: Sales Process
Category: Timelines
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Scaling And Root Planing
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Sales Presentations

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