Salary Negotiation for Women: How To Ask For A Raise At Work

Pause the program, download the quiz, and take it to identify issues you may face and steps to address them, preparing you for the next sessions.

Learn seven rose rules for salary negotiations, starting with 'it's business; it's not personal,' building a business case, and working with your boss to ask for what you deserve.

Be confident you deserve a raise by addressing common issues with proactive, positive asks; learn to communicate your results, start early, and navigate boss reactions to keep relationships strong.

Build confidence in salary negotiations by assessing your worth, comparing your job value, and leveraging everyday negotiating skills to secure a higher salary and recognition of your contributions.

Build confidence for asking a raise by preparing, using affirmations, and practicing positive visualizations, while shaping your body language, voice, and concise messaging to project competence.

Build a business case using the three Cs: contribution, culture, and comparison, by showing how your work drives value, aligns with company goals, and benchmarks your salary against others.

Develop a strong business case by understanding your company’s culture and raise cycles, including who approves raises and when decisions are made, and compare external surveys to internal target ranges.

Treat your boss as a partner and work with them to secure a raise, understanding the budget constraints and the November–January raise cycle, and begin early with supportive information.

Assess your boss's style—facts or feelings, fast-paced or thoughtful—and tailor your presentation so they hear you, framing the raise as a positive problem to solve.

Learn how women can ask for what they want by setting a positive tone, clearly stating the request, using silence, and framing the raise as a friendly discussion.

Present a clear business case for your raise with past updates and customer feedback, and practice asking for more than you want using silence and open-ended questions.

Learn what to avoid and how to prepare for a raise discussion by practicing confidence, a clear business case, and ready responses for tough questions.

Learn to respond positively to any raise, whether yes, no, or maybe. Repeat your request, ask open-ended questions, and stay professional and emotion-free.

Learn how to respond positively when your manager says maybe by asking for details, listening actively, watching body language and tone, and agreeing on next steps to request a raise.

Learn to actively listen and respond positively by pausing, reflecting meaning and feeling, using nonverbal cues, asking open-ended questions, and summarizing to plan next steps.

Understand that no is a temporary barrier, not forever, and learn to ask for more information with open-ended questions, stay future-focused, and navigate raise cycles to secure a pay raise.

Learn to turn a no into a path toward a raise by asking about timing, budget, and what you must change, while staying positively persistent and seeking feedback.

Apply the seven raise rules to build a business case and turn a no into a future yes. Prepare with the res planner, gather salary information, and practice your message.