What tactics can be used to communicate firm flexibility to an opponent?

(1)Use competitive tactics to establish and defend basic interests,rather than using them to demand a particular position or solution to the dispute; (2)send signals of flexibility and concern about your willingness to address the other party's interests; (3)indicate a willingness to change your proposals if a way can be found to bridge the two parties' interests; (4)demonstrate a problem-solving capacity; (5)maintain open communication channels; (6)reaffirm what is most important to you through the use of deterrent statements; (7)reexamine any aspects of your interests that are clearly unacceptable to the other party and determine if they are still essential to your fundamental position; (8)separate and isolate contentious tactics from problem-solving behavior to better manage the contentious behavior.