Peter Hiddema ~ Partnering for the “Perfect Fit”
Peter is a consultant, coach and facilitator. His expertise is centered in the areas of negotiation skills, conflict management, relationship building, and managing difficult conversations. He helps their clients achieve better outcomes in these day-to-day interactions, by creating new “win/win” opportunities, and by helping his clients transform sub-optimal relationships into strong, sustainable partnerships. He helps their clients find innovative, value-creating solutions for their business challenges.
He uses a variety of vehicles which may include workshops, individualized coaching, assisting with key projects on a consulting engagement, or providing facilitation and/or mediation services for situations clients are struggling to resolve on their own.
Peter helps produce behaviour transformation and paradigm shifts, and helps his clients explore new ways of thinking and acting. “What you see depends on where you stand” is a fundamental assumption Peter brings to his work. We forget that we only see part of the picture. We assume that if we’re right, the other party is wrong. This paradigm is at the root of many of our problems in negotiation and conflict management. Peter works with his clients to uncover and explore these paradigms, through interactive and experiential exercises, and then provide practical, versatile tools and frameworks to have their clients improve their results in these areas.
The philosophy that Peter uses in his work was developed at the Harvard Negotiation Project, a think-tank attached to Harvard Law School, and the work that emanated from this project, as described in the international bestsellers “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In” (Fisher, Ury, and Patton. New York: Penguin, 1981, 1991) and “Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most” (Stone, Patton and Heen. New York: Penguin, 1999).
He has worked with clients ranging from Fortune 500 organizations to small firms from a variety of different industries, to government and not-for-profit organizations. He works with clients around the world including, for example, RBC, Toyota, the World Health Organization, Goldman Sachs and the United Nations. In addition, Peter taught intensive one and two-week workshops at Harvard Law School, for five years.
Peter also calls upon a team of highly accomplished people with a passion in this field, combined with varied backgrounds – including law, business, psychotherapy and/or academia to best serve their clients needs. These individuals are located in various locations across North America and other parts of the world. They can conduct their work in English, French or Spanish.
Peter holds an MBA from Queen’s University and an Honors Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University.
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