Conversation Prep
The Salary Negotiation Prep Sheet
One Page. The First Sentence. What to Say When They Push Back.
The number exists and you have every right to say it out loud.
For the person preparing for a salary negotiation who wants a structured one-page tool with the specific numbers, the opening sentence, and prepared responses for pushback.
The Name It First Experience
Salary negotiation advice is everywhere. The moment when you need to say something — when the number is on the table and someone is looking at you — is when the advice is never useful. This is a one-page preparation tool for that moment. You will build Your Salary Negotiation Prep Sheet — a document with your number, your opening sentence, and your prepared responses.
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Sample questions
- What number are you asking for — your target, and the floor you won't go below? Write both.
- What is the first sentence you will say when it's time to name your number? Write it out exactly — not 'something like,' the actual sentence.
- If they say the number is too high, or that the budget doesn't allow it, what will you say next? Write out two or three specific responses.
Research basis
Bowles & Babcock on gender and negotiation / Galinsky & Mussweiler on first-offer anchoring effects / Thompson on the mind and heart of the negotiator / preparation-as-performance research in organizational psychology
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