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Finding Your Voice: Advocating and Negotiating for Yourself as a Woman in the Workplace

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And here’s why it helps: the next time a promotion or business opportunity that you would be right for comes along, you will have a team of people from all different facets of the organization who know not only your work ethic, but what your goals are. Effective Negotiation. Inspiration, however, can come from anywhere.

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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

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For years, we’ve been told the reason the gender pay gap exists is that women don’t negotiate or advocate for themselves. Why do companies and managers insist on making compensation dependent on someone’s self-confidence level or negotiating skills when, in most cases, neither has anything to do with their job and job performance?

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Have Your Best Year Yet with This Simple Tool

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We have to be intentional with our goals, actions and strategies. If you want to set yourself and your business up for success in 2022, read on. Get unreasonable about your goals for 2022. Set goals so big that you can’t yet see exactly how you will get there. Change your thinking. Know where you’re starting from.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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Despite the pandemic—though workplaces are still notably dominated by men— the number of female employees in the workplace has “surpassed prepandemic levels” as of September 2022, according to a USA Today report , making the glass ceiling feel… destructible. As of 2022, the U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement.

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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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The rate of inflation, or measure of price increases, hit the highest level in more than 40 years in 2022. Inflation likely peaked in 2022, but will probably come down only gradually in 2023—and may not get back to pre-pandemic levels by year-end, Horneman says. Plot smart career moves in a slower economy.

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Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata on Supporting Influencers of Color and Knowing Your Worth

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They didn’t understand how to negotiate contracts. The goal was to help women of color and creators of color make what they deserve. Because I know what I felt like when I was negotiating my salary—it’s very hard to negotiate for yourself. They didn’t understand what they should be charging for certain deliverables.

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These 10 Misconceptions About Influence Are Holding You Back

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You learned quickly that life could be negotiable and began asking for later bedtimes, more television, your favorite treats. Changing someone’s mind doesn’t necessarily mean you’re influencing their behavior (which is the goal). A negotiation is a battle. You told people what you wanted and what you absolutely did not want.