Coaching practices for Post Deal Review

Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Post Deal Review, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.

Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• We’ve just shaken hands on something we both accepted, but I have this nagging sense the deal isn’t as good as it could be for either of us
• We finally reached a deal, but I have this nagging sense we both grabbed the first version that worked just to be done
• The deal is closed and fine, but I keep negotiating in the dark
• After grinding through this thing for weeks they finally put a solid offer in front of me, and instead of being glad I’m fuming that they didn’t just lead with it
• It went well so I assumed I did everything right and moved on

Practices that may help

1. Propose a post-settlement settlement to optimize an agreed deal
   After reaching a deal, offer to see if you can both do better — many agreements leave joint value on the table.
   ZOPA: The Zone of Possible Agreement
2. Use a post-settlement settlement to improve a deal after agreement
   Once you have a deal, offer to keep exploring whether a better one exists for both sides.
   Expanding the Pie: Negotiation Beyond Splitting the Difference
3. Run a negotiation debrief to learn what value was left on the table
   After closing, compare priorities with the other side to see the trades you both missed.
   Expanding the Pie: Negotiation Beyond Splitting the Difference
4. Evaluate offers on their content, not on the timing of when they arrived
   A good offer that comes late in a negotiation is still a good offer — don’t discount it because of sunk cost.
   The Flinch and Reactive Devaluation, Made Practical
5. Debrief against process goals, not just the outcome
   After performance, evaluate whether you executed your process goals before evaluating the result.
   Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
6. Debrief performances to recover from threat appraisals
   After a high-stakes event, restructure what happened to extract learning and reduce the residual threat signal.
   Challenge vs. Threat Appraisal, Made Practical
7. Share the review with someone who will ask honest questions
   A review held privately is easier to fudge; one shared with an honest questioner is harder to rationalize.
   The Annual Review (Tim Ferriss Method)
8. Seneca’s evening court — judge the day as an honest prosecutor
   Review the day as a fair judge would: what was the evidence, what was the verdict, what is the sentence?
   The Pythagorean Evening Review
9. Debrief to grow capability, not just to grade
   Close the loop with a learning-focused review so the next delegation needs less of you.
   Effective Delegation, Made Practical
10. After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning
    An after-action review (AAR) is a structured debriefing developed by the US Army that asks four questions after any event: What was supposed to happen? What actually happened? What caused the difference? What do we do differently next time? Applied consistently, AARs build a culture of learning from experience rather than simply moving on. The evidence base is primarily observational and practice-based; experimental studies are limited but supportive.

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