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Gaylen Paulson - The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business. Austin, TX, UNITED STATES

Gaylen Paulson

Associate Dean & Director, Texas Executive Education Program | The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

Austin, TX, UNITED STATES

Negotiation tactics, workplace behavior, and interpersonal communication

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Areas of Expertise (10)

Negotiation

Decision Making

Business Ethics

Business Communications

Dispute Resolution

Organizational Behavior

Interpersonal Communication

Management and Motivation

Innovation

Conflict Management

Biography

Gaylen D Paulson is a management senior lecturer and expert on organizational behavior, including negotiation, conflict management, persuasion and interpersonal communication. He has researched and written about confrontation, resisting and overcoming resistance to persuasion, negotiation strategies, the impact of electronic communication on performance, and perceptions of threats and warnings in the workplace.

Paulson is the associate dean and director of the executive education program at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin.

Recent consulting and executive training programs have included 3M, Aegon, Bayer, BBVA/Compass, Blue Cross Blue Shield, British Petroleum, China National Offshore Oil Corp., The Conference Board, Dell, Dun and Bradstreet, Ernst & Young, Guidant, Harcourt, HEB, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, KLA-Tencor, LCRA, LG, Microsoft, PMI, NPR, Ortho-McNeil, Petrobras, Pfizer, Rackspace, Samsung, Shell, SK, St. Jude Medical, Texas Instruments, Texas Capital Bank, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the U.S. Navy. Paulson presents frequently in programs focusing on negotiation skills, managerial leadership and strategic influence.

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Education (3)

Northwestern University: Ph.D., Communication, Management, Organizational Behaviour 1998

Northwestern University: M.Sc., Organizational Behaviour

University of Minnesota: B.Sc., Undergraduate Studies

Media Appearances (6)

McCombs School of Business Advances Plans for New Robert B. Rowling Hall

University of Texas at Austin  online

2014-05-14

“This flexible, cutting-edge learning environment will enable us to continue to expand and evolve our programs, impacting leading executives and organizations from around the world.”

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One Year In, Here are 6 Career Skills I've Put to Good Use

FuelFix  online

2014-05-12

Gaylen Paulson is well known for advocating the strategy “Always ask for the things you want, even if you don’t think you can get them.”

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A Simple Strategy To Get More Of What You Want

Forbes  online

2013-11-06

Gaylen Paulson's advice is cited as "one of the best lessons" learned by Kevin Ready, author of Startup: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Running a Business.

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Breaking Gridlock and Solving Problems: Lessons from the Global Warming Debate

ID University: Brands, Markets & Innovation  online

2013-03-04

"We all agree other individuals or nations need to make changes, but fail to recognize our own 'objective' point of view is clouded by self interest."

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How To Be a Creative Genius

OPEN Magazine  print

2012-10-04

Each of us is capable of churning out creativity. Consider this your guide to great ideas.

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Five Minutes With Gaylen Paulson

Business Journal  online

2010-01-31

Q&A with Gaylen Paulson in the Austin Business Journal.

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Sample Talks (1)

How to Be a Creative Problem Solver

You need to be constantly diligent in your problem solving activities, thinking differently than you have in the past. Advanced creative problem solving skills are essential to success in any organization. Paulson says that these problem solving skills become even more important as one advances in their organization. And more times than not, the employee will be highly rewarded for their creativity. Paulson presents eight steps to enhance personal creativity.

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  • Corporate Training

Articles (7)

Gaylen D. Paulson Citations


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Online Reverse Auctions: Power Tools and Fair Perceptions?


2004 IEEE/UT Engineering Management Conference

2004-08-14

In this paper, a buyer's use of online auctions from a fairness perspective is explored, considering social-psychological approaches to understanding perceptions of just outcomes and procedures.

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Establishing trust via technology: Long distance practices and pitfalls


International Negotiation

2003-12-31

A look at the effectiveness of negotiations conducted via more" lean" media (eg, e-mail, telephone).

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Online bargaining and interpersonal trust.


Journal of Applied Psychology

2002-12-31

The presented study explores the effect of interacting over the Internet on interpersonal trust when bargaining online.

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Preserving face in refusal situations


Communication Research

1997-12-31

Individuals often fabricate socially appropriate reasons for rejecting a request while withholding real but hurtful ones.

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The effect of request form and content on constructing obstacles to compliance


Communication Research

1996-12-31

In this article, we explore the degree to which the language used in a request affects both the way it is perceived and the refusals that it prompts.

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Coercive potential and face-sensitivity: the effects of authority and directives in social confrontation


International Journal of Conflict Management

1996-12-31

Individuals sometimes feel compelled to confront a rule-violator. Because the goal of a confrontation is to stop the objectionable action, the violator may feel that his or her autonomy is being threatened and may resist complying.

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