When it comes to delivering training on negotiation, many trainers, coaches, and HR professionals find themselves asking: “Should I build everything from scratch… or use a ready-made, editable resource?”
Here’s a deep dive into seven compelling reasons people do use training course material (and a few honest reasons they might choose not to), so you can decide what makes sense for you — and see why our own workshop pack fits so well.
Reason 1: Save serious prep time
One of the biggest motivators: you don’t want to spend 20-30 hours building slides, workbooks, and handouts when you could be delivering. With our editable pack, you step in nearly ready to go.
As the product says: “you’re on the fast track to delivering a successful, professional course — without spending endless hours creating content from scratch.”
If you’re juggling multiple engagements, this is gold.
Reason 2: Use a structured, proven process
Training material helps you lean into a negotiation process rather than winging it.
With our pack, you get step-by-step coverage: fundamentals, roles and responsibilities, and the entire negotiation process, from preparation to closing.
This gives your participants something reliable to apply — and gives you confidence.
Because teaching negotiation from a blank page is risky: you might skip a key step or leave participants with “nice ideas” but no application.
Reason 3: Customisable but ready-to-go
You want something ready, but still yours.
With the editable format, you get both: brand it, adjust the slides, and tweak the workbook to your industry-specific examples.
That’s precisely how our pack is positioned: “fully editable, brandable and ready to deliver.”
This hits the sweet spot between “everything built for me” and “I still feel like the trainer”.
Reason 4: Enables credibility and professionalism.
When you walk into a room with slick materials, participant workbooks, activities, and well-designed assessments, you present yourself professionally.
That builds trust.
Our pack emphasises: “you’ll look and sound like the expert (even if you’ve never run this workshop before).”
If your visuals and materials feel cobbled together, participants will notice — so the better the material, the smoother your delivery will feel.
Reason 5: Supports deeper learning and application
Good training material is more than slides.
The course pack includes a participant workbook (49 pages) with reflection prompts and real-world frameworks, hand-outs, assessment tools, and action plans.
That means participants can actually use the learning afterwards, not just listen and forget.
If you deliver concepts without support materials, retention drops quickly.
Reason 6: Broad usefulness across roles
Sometimes trainers hesitate because they think, “Is this relevant for everyone?”
With a well-designed negotiation skills workshop, the answer is yes — from managers negotiating with vendors, to internal teams resolving conflict, to sales professionals closing deals.
Our pack states it is for “employees at all levels” and anyone serious about growth.
If your content is too niche, you limit your audience; good package material broadens your reach.
Reason 7: Cost-effective versus building from scratch
Time is money. If it takes you 20-30 hours to create a course, including revisions, design, printing, and other expenses, the cost adds up.
A ready-made, editable course cuts that cost dramatically.
The pack positioning says: “Reduce costs by maximizing your time, replacing time-consuming course development, and avoiding content mistakes.”
If you build every time, you may underprice or overspend — a ready solution helps you scale.
But why might someone choose not to use training course material?
- They believe that everything must be bespoke for their specific audience and industry, and feel that a generic pack isn’t “custom enough.”
- They want complete creative control and enjoy building content themselves (which is fine if you have the capacity).
- They fear ready-made content might feel “pre-packaged” and lose authenticity (though this is mitigated if you customise well).
- They may have budget constraints or prefer free resources (but free often means more prep time).
- They might think their audience is too advanced and needs ultra-specialised material rather than a structured general template.
So what’s the takeaway?
In most cases, when you want to deliver a high-impact training on negotiation — with less prep stress, more confidence, and a polished outcome — using well-designed editable material makes a lot of sense.
And suppose you’re looking for a package that delivers on those benefits.
In that case, our negotiation skills workshop pack at Oak Innovation is built to help you step in with strong content, customisable elements, and real results.
Here’s the link again to explore further: Negotiation Skills Editable Workshop Pack For Trainers
Catherine Fitzgerald is the founder of Oak Innovation. With over 30 years of experience in the training and development industry, Catherine and her team are ideally positioned to help corporate trainers, people managers, and consultants access editable training course material.
