Prep Sheet
How to Ask for a Raise
A Prep Sheet for Naming Your Value and Saying the Number Out Loud
This prep sheet produces your written case — your number, your evidence, and your ask.
For the professional who believes their compensation does not match their contribution and has not yet made the case.
The Name It First Experience
You already know your work is worth more — this prep sheet is where you build the case for it. How to Ask for a Raise walks you through naming what your work is actually worth, identifying the evidence that supports that number, and putting the full ask in writing before you walk into the conversation. It is for the professional whose compensation has not kept pace with their contribution — who has been carrying the knowledge that they are underpaid and has not yet turned that into a written, evidenced case. You finish with a written raise case — your specific number, your specific evidence, and your specific ask, ready to deliver.
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Sample questions
- What have you delivered in the past year that your current compensation does not reflect?
- What is the number you want — and have you said it out loud yet?
- What do you believe about your own worth in this role — and is there a gap between that belief and what you are asking for?
Research basis
Grounded in preparation research (Galinsky and Mussweiler, 2001) on anchoring and perspective-taking before compensation conversations / Babcock and Laschever (2003) on negotiation initiation patterns / brief intervention research (Miller and Rollnick, 2013) supporting structured single-session preparation tools for high-stakes conversations.
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