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How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant

The Assistant Room

The post How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Assistant first appeared on The Assistant Room. If asking for a promotion or pay rise has been on your mind lately (or even over the last few months…) take a look at our guide below to give your confidence a boost and kickstart the process of receiving exactly what you know you are worthy of!

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The Secret to Smart Negotiations Is Simply Empathy

Success

Many people, when they hear about hostage negotiations, shake their heads and say, “Why don’t they just shoot the guy?” When things go sideways, our first response is often to yell and argue versus discuss and negotiate. It comes down to what negotiators call “value creation.” Happy people are better negotiators.

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4 Keys to Authentic Selling, According to Negotiating Expert Roger Dawson

Success

I first met Shield in Brisbane, Australia, when he introduced me to the audience at one of my Power Negotiating seminars. The post 4 Keys to Authentic Selling, According to Negotiating Expert Roger Dawson appeared first on SUCCESS. I’ve never met a more enthusiastic salesperson than my good friend Peter Shield. Photo by Szepy/IStock.

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Win Together, Lose Together: Embracing a Collective Approach to Negotiation with Barry Nalebuff 

Success

If you’ve ever had a landlord dispute or a failed real estate deal, you know that negotiating can be difficult , frustrating and even downright dirty. In his latest book Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate , Nalebuff argues that considering the collective’s needs is the most productive way to problem solve.

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

Success

Effective Negotiation. Early in my career, while reading an in-flight magazine seminar ad on negotiation, I read a quote by negotiation expert Dr. Chester Karris: “ In business as in life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.”. The art of negotiation is a powerful skill to master in your career.

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Study Reveals One Simple Way to Negotiate Better

On The Job

But it appears that such a strategy doesn't work in negotiations, according to new study. The study finds that during negotiations, periods of silence foster a more deliberative mindset because we interrupt our fixed mindset thinking.

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HBR on How to Negotiate as a Freelancer

Small Business Labs

HBR's Now to Negotiate as a Freelancer provides an excellent overview of this important topic.  We agree with this list and in our experience, the key to freelancing success is finding and cultivating the right clients. From our perspective the right clients have 3 attributes: The work you do is important to the client.