Conversation Prep
The Raise Conversation Prep Sheet
One Page. Before You Walk Into That Meeting.
You already know you deserve it. Now say it with a number.
For the employee who has decided to ask for a raise and wants a one-page tool for naming their ask, their evidence, and their responses to the most common ways the conversation goes sideways.
The Name It First Experience
Deciding to ask for a raise is the easy part. Knowing exactly what to say — and what to say when the answer isn't yes — is where most people go unprepared. The Raise Conversation Prep Sheet is a one-page tool for the 20 minutes before the meeting: the number you're asking for, the two or three strongest pieces of evidence for why, and the three most likely responses you'll hear and what you'll say back. Fill it out. Walk in prepared. The output is The Raise Conversation Prep Sheet: a single page you carry into the meeting.
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Sample questions
- What do you want to ask for, and what have you been telling yourself about whether you deserve it?
- What evidence are you bringing — and how do you want to open the conversation?
- What outcome would you be willing to accept, and what would you not?
Research basis
Babcock salary negotiation preparation research / Bowles gender and negotiation studies / Galinsky first-offer anchoring research showing structured preparation improves outcomes
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