Is negotiation training the same as conflict resolution?

Yes and No :). First, even though it is largely semantic, we talk about conflict transformation rather than conflict resolution. The reason for this is because we think resolution implies that conflict is a. a bad thing and b. that it can be made to disappear. We believe conflict transformation regards that conflict has the potential to be the engine of innovation, and that it helps us to think about redirecting the energy involved with destructive conflict into constructive conflict.

Negotiation and Conflict Transformation are similar, if not synonymous, in that both seek to generate creative OPTIONS by identifying the INTERESTS beneath the positions.