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When a young [[negotiator]] engaged in a contractual workflow encounters a challenge beyond her mandate to approve she escalates. She may escalate upwards, to her own line manager, if it is a legal call beyond her pay-grade, or horizontally, to another risk controller, of the risk in question is not legal, but one of credit, market or trading risk.
[[Escalation]], of either kind, is this a key, and underestimated, feature of the [[negotiation]] process, rife with oubliettes, resentment and missed emails.
Redolent of, and apt to generate emotions similar to those one experiences when one is, being driven up the wall.
Redolent of, and apt to generate emotions similar to those one experiences when one is, being driven up the wall.


Usually as a result of some wild goose chase convened by [[sales]] to chase [[revenue projection|illusory revenues]], and the fact that they've come to you means they've failed to persuade a more cautious soul and they think you’re a soft touch.
Usually as a result of some wild goose chase convened by [[sales]] to chase [[revenue projection|illusory revenues]], and the fact that they've come to you means they've failed to persuade a more cautious soul and they think you’re a soft touch.


[[Escalation]] is also a key, and underestimated, feature of the [[negotiation]] process, rife with oubliettes, resentment and missed emails.
 
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