Show Me the Money – Practical and Powerful Tips for Negotiating at Work | Los Angeles

About this event

Negotiating salary or asking for a raise isn’t easy for anyone, and it can be especially challenging for women. But, not negotiating your compensation can result in as much as $1.5 million in lost compensation over the course of a lifetime. Simply put, negotiating matters. We’re here to show you how, with practical and powerful tips to help you ask for the pay that you deserve.

Overview: First, we’ll get to the bottom of why it’s just so hard to ask for money by exploring the stigma of the “pushy woman” and other stereotypes and obstacles that may prevent us from asking for what we deserve. Then, we’ll share practical tips to teach you how to have a successful conversation about money at work, and we’ll end with some role playing exercises to put our tips into practice.

What you'll take away: You’ll leave armed with the confidence and skills you need to ask for more money at work.

Why it matters On average, women’s median annual earnings are $10,000 less than men’s, which means that women must work on average an additional 44 days to earn the same salary as their male counterparts - by failing to negotiate compensation, women are leaving up to $1.5 million in compensation on the table over the course of their lifetimes. It’s time women learned how to say “show me the money!”