6-Weeks
6 Live Classes with cutting edge content, scripts, mini-maps, hot-seat coaching, Q&A, and tools.
Negotiators Labs
This is not just theory. The key is to get started putting new skills to daily use. We get you on track!
Negotiators Portal
No-one absorbs everything the first time, so having a way to review and access resources even weeks later is key to building your skills.
In times of uncertainty and change, people skills are at the heart of strong leadership, impact and influence.
Whether you are a team leader in tech or service, a business leaders, parent, lawyer or activist, people skills are at the core of your success.
If you are in the business of leading any kind of change, of improving any kind of performance, or find yourself responsible for difficult people or challenging situations, “doing your best” is oh so often, just not good enough.
Get some more tools. Get to work practicing. Get better at what you need
I’m Karen Judd Smith, and for the last 20 years, I’ve been helping people and teams get their voices heard and making a difference from main street to the highest levels.

While my name isn’t too famous, I’ve been the behind-the-scenes secret weapon for change-makers, leaders and activists.
Most of us know that our best comes out when we have someone in our corner, watching out for us, supporting when needed, and guiding, teaching and holding us accountable.
Honing effective people skills is a life-long endeavor. This course will help you improve your skills, often with eyebrow raising surprise at how effective our unique approach and tools can be.
This’s Where the Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass Comes In…
Now distilled the essentials of my high-end coaching resources into the Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass so you can benefit from what I have learned, discovered, taught and practiced.
Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass
Covers Six Major Pillars of Success:
Mindset, Essential Skills, Sequencing, Strategies, Preparation and Practice.
Module 1: Mindset
First, we’ll get you clarity on what negotiation really is, what are we actually dealing with (mostly it’s not what you think!) and bringing to the forefront, the most productive and helpful approach to crucial conversations and difficult, high-stakes situations.
With clarity that comes from understanding the big piture of the change process that negotiations are, you are poised to set out on a journey of discovery and accomplishment.
Module 2: Essential Skills
The 10 core negotiation skills are broken down into the Foundational 5 and the Final 5.
These skills, when honed through practice and experience, are the keys to unlocking human potential in a way that turns even the most intransigent into surprising allies in the process of change.
Let me guess, you do want someone you know to behave differently? How has that been working for you lately?
Module 3: Sequencing
Everyone knows that rives flow. But how many of us know the flow of negotiations? Are you able to anticipate that flow and remove the obstacles to progress so essential in high-stakes relationships and processes?
Understanding the flow of negotiations and what to do at each phase is a sign of mastery.
While even the best negotiators are constantly at work honing their skills, they are failiar with the negotiation journey and anticipate what is needed at each stage.
Module 4: Strategies
If you are at the UN to help shape global policy, you are in this as a change leader. You are there to facilitate change at the global level. That means you need to be aware that there are many pressures that those tasked with decision-making are under. Sometimes the sheer force of timing, expertise, and global events will make what you are endeavoring to do a slam dunk. Mostly that will not be the case. You will be one who foresees more than most, and you will need to help “lead” the change process.
This module in conjunction with the next, provide you with essential components of change leadership.
Module 5: Preparation
This section builds your “impact and influence self-awareness” and ups the chances that you really can make the difference you have only up until now dreamt about.
Module 6: Practice, Practice, Practice
Remember: There is NO RISK to you.
I understand that I have 30 days to request a FULL refund, no questions asked. That is:
- If the “Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass” doesn’t prove to my satisfaction that it will help me get surprisingly great results—fast, you can cancel and get a full refund.
- PLUS provide tips, tactics and strategies for effective core leadership skills.
- If it doesn’t take me step-by-step through insightful and paced learning,
- or if it I don’t think that it will continue to provide me the quality training I need to upgrade my people skills…
then I have a full 30 days to request a full refund. No Questions Asked!
What Our Students Are Saying
Don’t just take it from us, let those who have gone through the Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass do the talking!
“I am absolutely thrilling in your course. I cannot thank you enough. I feel like I have been looking for this course my whole life! … I am just so grateful you have produced this incredible product/learning adventure about what is one of the most important things in our world today, and would love to see more people taking advantage of it! You have done a stellar job at creating something fun, full of valuable and accurate information, crisp and to the point so busy people can do it, and at the same time paced in such a way that the learning really integrates and sticks so that beyond being mere conceptual learning it can translate into action and wisdom.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You are truly an answer to a prayer – I feel so lucky to have found your Facebook page and from there to your course. AMAZING! With much gratitude…”
“In my years of seeing Karen in action, I have admired her for her clarity of thought and insights into how to work effectively in high-stakes environments.
She has the ability to distill the more complex ideas and turn them into concise, practicable steps that activists and change-makers can connect to and do, saving invaluable time and money (or effort) in the process.”
“There is no way this training will not impact the many areas of my work: lobbying, public relations, as a businessman, development practitioner, project management, and 3rd sector activist.”
FAQs
Can I access my training on my tablet and phone too?
Yes, you should be able to work through the training on any devise. Sometimes there are issues with the videos if internet access is not strong on mobile devices.
Do you have an app to access the course?
Yes, we now provide access to all the training materials via our Xceptional App. You can download that here: https://xceptionaltv.app/
What is your refund policy?
Can I download mp3s and listen on the go?
Where are the bonuses?
Online bonuses will be available in your membership area where relevant. In the case of live events, you will be added to the list of attendees and be sent the relevent information and access as you get closer to the event.
After the event, replays etc. will become available in the membership area.
Still Got Questions?
Remember: There is NO RISK to you.
I understand that I have 30 days to request a FULL refund, no questions asked. That is:
- If the “Ultimate Negotiators MasterClass” doesn’t prove to my satisfaction that it will help me get surprisingly great results—fast, you can cancel and get a full refund.
- PLUS provide tips, tactics and strategies for effective core leadership skills.
- If it doesn’t take me step-by-step through insightful and paced learning,
- or if it I don’t think that it will continue to provide me the quality training I need to upgrade my people skills…
then I have a full 30 days to request a full refund. No Questions Asked!