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Elegant Negotiation: How Women Can Get Everything They Want in the Workplace
"I first realized I wasn't good at negotiation the day I received my first formal job offer."
Fresh from my state university marketing program, I walked into that Chicago advertising agency and unhesitatingly accepted a salary 12% below my expectations, while my male colleague who started the same day easily negotiated both higher pay and one day of remote work weekly. His simple words became my wake-up "I just asked. The worst they could say was no."
This isn't just my story—it's the experience of countless professional women. Research shows that women are not only less likely than men to initiate negotiations, but when they do speak up, they face greater social pressure—the same behavior seen as "decisive" in men is often labeled "too aggressive" in women.
In this book, I'm not teaching you to become a negotiator that contradicts your authentic self. Rather, through my personal journey from negotiation novice to successfully securing project leadership, ideal compensation, and flexible work arrangements, I share how to master the art of elegant yet powerful negotiation while remaining true to yourself.
What is "Elegant Negotiation"? It stands on three core
Authenticity: Leveraging your unique strengths as a woman, rather than mimicking male negotiation stylesRelationship Orientation: Pursuing personal goals while protecting and strengthening important workplace relationshipsStrategic Thinking: Precisely recognizing your value and employing thoughtful strategies to achieve your objectivesThrough this book, you'll
How to overcome the "good girls don't negotiate" mindset and develop a fresh perspective on negotiationSpecific methods for assessing your market value, letting data become your strongest supportReal-world strategies and scripts for salary negotiations, promotion conversations, and flexible work arrangementsTechniques for handling difficult objections and transforming conflicts into opportunitiesNegotiation frameworks for balancing work and family demands as a motherI'm not a business school elite or a natural-born negotiator. I'm simply an ordinary professional woman and mother who found her own negotiation style through continuous learning and practice. If I can do it, so can you.
Every professional woman deserves to get everything she's earned, and negotiation is the key tool to achieve that goal. Let's embark on this game-changing journey together, advocating for your true value in the workplace—elegantly and resolutely.
Fresh from my state university marketing program, I walked into that Chicago advertising agency and unhesitatingly accepted a salary 12% below my expectations, while my male colleague who started the same day easily negotiated both higher pay and one day of remote work weekly. His simple words became my wake-up "I just asked. The worst they could say was no."
This isn't just my story—it's the experience of countless professional women. Research shows that women are not only less likely than men to initiate negotiations, but when they do speak up, they face greater social pressure—the same behavior seen as "decisive" in men is often labeled "too aggressive" in women.
In this book, I'm not teaching you to become a negotiator that contradicts your authentic self. Rather, through my personal journey from negotiation novice to successfully securing project leadership, ideal compensation, and flexible work arrangements, I share how to master the art of elegant yet powerful negotiation while remaining true to yourself.
What is "Elegant Negotiation"? It stands on three core
Authenticity: Leveraging your unique strengths as a woman, rather than mimicking male negotiation stylesRelationship Orientation: Pursuing personal goals while protecting and strengthening important workplace relationshipsStrategic Thinking: Precisely recognizing your value and employing thoughtful strategies to achieve your objectivesThrough this book, you'll
How to overcome the "good girls don't negotiate" mindset and develop a fresh perspective on negotiationSpecific methods for assessing your market value, letting data become your strongest supportReal-world strategies and scripts for salary negotiations, promotion conversations, and flexible work arrangementsTechniques for handling difficult objections and transforming conflicts into opportunitiesNegotiation frameworks for balancing work and family demands as a motherI'm not a business school elite or a natural-born negotiator. I'm simply an ordinary professional woman and mother who found her own negotiation style through continuous learning and practice. If I can do it, so can you.
Every professional woman deserves to get everything she's earned, and negotiation is the key tool to achieve that goal. Let's embark on this game-changing journey together, advocating for your true value in the workplace—elegantly and resolutely.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2025
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