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This week: How to get a raise! Safe start time: 14:00 Alexandra Dickinson is the Founder and CEO of Ask For It. She teaches people and organisations how to successfully negotiate. She is a contributing writer at Women@Forbes and has spoken at UN Women, Columbia Business School, and Facebook. Her company has been featured in the New York Times, CNBC, Forbes, New York Magazine, and many other publications. We discussed reframing the way we think about those potentially painful and awkward conversations, a template for how to structure the conversation in your favour and how to successfully articulate the worth that you bring to your company. Find out more about Alexandra on her website (https://askforit.co/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/askforitco/) . Alexandra has kindly offered 25% off coaching with her when you quote CLEARVOICE. To find out more about Florence and Clear Voice visit her instagram (https://www.instagram.com/clearvoiceofficial/) or website (https://clearvoiceofficial.com/group-and-one-to-one-coaching) . Producer: Sarah Bishop (https://www.instagram.com/sar_bishop/) Additional Production: Florence Bavanandan Music: BAVANANDAN (https://www.instagram.com/bavanandan/)
Welcome to the seventh episode of The Sandbox, a podcast for those who want to live the best version of their life and are seeking the skills, strategy, and mindset to do just that. Today's guest is Alexandra Dickinson, founder and CEO of Ask For It, a negotiation training and coaching business. In this episode, Alexandra and I discuss how negotiating doesn't need to feel combative and unpleasant. She gives tactics and advice on a myriad of topics including figuring out an appropriate salary range, practicing for a salary negotiation conversation, and handling the question “how much do you currently make.” This episode is perfect for those who feel they deserve more, but might not have the skills, or more importantly, the confidence to ask for it. I hope you enjoy it! Show Notes: [2:38] Starting Ask For It and overcoming imposter syndrome [10:36] When to negotiate and how to go about it [11:53] How to figure out an appropriate salary range [22:04] How to practice for a salary negotiation conversation [30:43] Advice on handling “how much do you currently make?” [38:23] Utilizing the “wish, want, walk” method when negotiating [45:21] Alexandra's favorite pieces of negotiating advice [51:12] Alexandra values and how she wants to raise her daughters Favorite Quotes: [5:23] You have to believe that you are worth it before anyone else is going to believe it. [19:26] How much are you willing to pay to avoid an awkward conversation? [26:47] It's not about what you will do, it's about what you have done. [46:01] Speech is silver, silence is golden. More of Alexandra and Ask For It: Instagram: @askforitco Website: https://askforit.co/ Follow Justin & The Sandbox: Instagram: www.instagram.com/justinleepeters Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinleepeters YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0yHxQvHpSdx_gJiQJpVCIQ?view_as=subscriber Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sandbox-with-justin-peters/id1496701179?fbclid=IwAR26mTFgNRnMCdJjzA4FHTT6MvLKkuqGbx3rWm7J7UBM8ERVIiIV1Baj0IY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/701hEq4AKxseYuY79xjpSJ
Episode 161 is live! This week, we talk with Alexandra Dickinson in New York, NY. Alexandra is an entrepreneur who teaches people to negotiate. She’s the Founder and CEO of the negotiation training and coaching company Ask For It. She is a contributing writer at Women at Forbes and has spoken at organizations like UN Women, Columbia Business School, and Facebook. She will be speaking at SXSW this year on the topic, “Time's Up on the Gender Pay Gap: How to Negotiate in 2018.” On today's episode, Alexandra shares: The common misconception about negotiation The importance of research in negotiation How to figure out how much we, personally, should ask for when it comes to a new job Basics tips for negotiation How to negotiate at your current job Listen and learn more! You can play the podcast here, or download it on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. To learn more about Alexandra, visit her website at http://askforit.co/. You can also learn more about her talk at SXSW by visiting www.sxsw.com. Thanks to everyone for listening! And, thank you to those who sent me questions. You can send me your questions to Angela@CopelandCoaching.com. You can also send me questions via Twitter. I'm @CopelandCoach. And, on Facebook, I am Copeland Coaching. Don't forget to help me out. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave me a review!
Ask For It CEO Alexandra Dickinson pulls back the curtain on how to negotiate salary in the interview process. "It's a little bit of a dance," she tells Après CEO Jen Gefsky on The After Show. Dickinson offers specific tactics to get the employer to play in your ballpark -- not theirs -- when it comes to getting the salary you want and deserve.
Alexandra Dickinson, the CEO and founder of Ask For It, shares her advice on the art of negotiation both in the workplace and at home. She shares some great tips on making more money from a new job or a raise.
'm weighing two job opportunities... one has a great salary with okay benefits and the other has great benefits with an okay salary. What should I do? How do I position myself to ask my boss for a raise or promotion? How can I fight age discrimination? Answering all of your negotiating questions on this week's #AskFarnoosh with special co-host and previous So Money guest Alexandra Dickinson of Ask For It Co. To learn more visit www.somoneypodcast.com.
Alexandra Dickinson is on a crusade to close the gender wage gap. She's the founder and CEO of Ask For It, a boutique consulting company that is working to close the gender wage gap and effecting change on both the institutional and individual level. Ask For It works with companies, schools, organizations and individuals through a combination of trainings, workshops and consulting. Ultimately, their goal is for both women and men to be paid based on their talents and skills, not their gender. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.