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4 Things to Avoid When Asking for What You're Worth

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4 Things to Avoid When Asking for What You're Worth

Have you ever felt like (or had the facts) another colleague is being paid more for an equal or lesser role?

The good news is that you’re not alone. The bad news is that it can be very unfair, disrespectful, demotivating, and bad for business.

You may be thinking that this shouldn’t even be an issue, and that there should not be a discrepancy. Agreed 100%.

But, until pay transparency is more regulated and more systems are in place to manage this very real problem, it may be time to speak up! If you already have, a few new tools could make all the difference for round 2.

Yes, it’s going to take time to get further down this road on pay equality, so it may be helpful to get comfortable (or I should say, confident and influential) about asking for what you are worth.

There is progress being made however for pay transparency and fairness, partially in thanks to pay transparency advocate and former Corporate VP, One Commercial Partner at ...

The First Step to Building an Influential Mindset

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NEW! Join the "Live" Mental Toughness Mastery Round Table with Q & A this Saturday Morning

Take a break in your morning to attend the 2nd of 3 FREE round table discussions via Zoom.us this Saturday, October 7th at 9:30-10:00 a.m. PST. I will be sharing Mental Toughness tips, tools and habits on building an influential mindset, and then open it up for plenty of Q & A. Log in details are below, and I encourage you to share with any colleagues, friends or family members you think would be interested in attending.

Mental Toughness Community Round Table #2: October 7, 2017 9:30 a.m. PST
Topic: "The First Step to Building an Influential Mindset"
Video conference log-in: http://zoom.us/j/6860194592
Or Telephone dial-in：US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 686 019 4592

Now to today's topic: The First Step to Building an Influential Mindset

(Scroll to the bottom to view the video.)

There is a misconception about influence that it is reserved for the elite few or fo...