I love words. Some of my favorite books are my favorites for the simple reason that I walked away from them with an army of new words and phrases to infuse into everyday life. Now, there’s a downside to my preoccupation with words. I hold a grudge when they’re used carelessly. Even worse? When a…
We sometimes think about resilience as the exclusive preserve of a select few. It’s not. A better analogy is that resilience is like a muscle – the more you exercise by bouncing back from tough times, the stronger you get. Embrace that pain is part of the process. The dots only connect looking backwards, so you…
Workplace compensation is a touchy subject. Most of us have been here: work for a company for years and be recognized as a top performer, then an external hire comes in and you hear through the grapevines that they out-earn you significantly. While there is the implicitly understanding that workplace compensation is never perfectly egalitarian,…
I mentally prepare for catastrophes. At any given moment, and usually without prompting, I imagine miscellaneous amagadons and how I might respond; a wall closing in, a bridge falling down, getting stung by a bee, or the worst, a piece of well grilled chicken falling to the floor in a crowded room (because God knows,…
2 years ago, when I launched my blog, it was with the goal to have conversations around marketing that polite society wasn’t having.
As part of that, I have found myself drawn towards other topics that people tend to dance around.
Money is one of those topics.
With economic realities getting more and more daunting, the subject of pay raises is more relevant than it’s ever been. So today on the blog, I’m sharing 13 of my top tips to a successful salary increase negotiation.