49. Use The Power of Negotiation To Maximize Your Income

The She Leads Podcast: Real Conversations with Women Entrepreneurs

Sep 2 2022 • 39 mins

🤩 Helping women to understand what it is they're worth and get paid what they deserve. 01:04
🖥️ Sophie’s background in structural engineering: lack of support and mentorship made her dive deeper into gender equity in the workspace. 02:09
🤯 Jillian started in executive compensation and realized so many women not negotiating their compensation. 03:51
🙃 Inherited biases: a gap in the data showing that no one knows why the gender pay gap exists. 06:10
👠 Understanding your value, articulating it well, and feeling confident in it. 09:15
🏋️‍♀️ Build a portfolio of your strengths. 14:39
😒 Everyone is for gender equity, but the numbers haven't changed that much. 16:33
⚠️ Don’t push it off, prepare and stand in your power: sooner is better than later to speak about your compensation. 21:26
🎯 How to ask for a meeting about compensation? 25:04
🤓 Most companies are having a hard time attracting and retaining talent: bugged problems and full compensation packages. 27:55
💲 Getting people to really understand equity: make material wealth over the long term. 30:22
👉 Resources where you can learn about equity if you are going in tech or towards director level and above. 32:31
💎 Compensation doesn't define your value as an individual: the baseline, openness, and sharing. 33:52
🤔 Defining what is an appropriate value charge. 37:22

Links
👀 Article: www.thethoughtfulco.net/post/charging-what-you-deserve

👉 Connect with Sophie and Jillian: www.thethoughtfulco.net

🤗 Connect with Adrienne: www.sheleadsmedia.com

🎧 Listen to She Leads Media podcasts: www.sheleadspodcasts.com