Plan A Round Of Salary Negotiation Before Your Review

You know you deserve a rise but the conversation always ends up softer than you meant it to be, hedged and apologetic. This turns your achievements into concrete impact statements, sets a target and an anchor figure, drafts your opening line, and preps you for the budget excuse before it lands. Suits anyone with a review on the calendar and a case to make.

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You have a performance review or salary conversation coming up and want to negotiate an increase. Your current salary: {CURRENT_SALARY}. Your case: {YOUR_ACHIEVEMENTS}, for example [delivered two projects ahead of schedule and took on a direct report].
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**Prepare a negotiation approach for the upcoming conversation:**
1. Turn achievements into two or three concrete impact statements with numbers where possible
2. Suggest a target figure and an anchor figure, with reasoning for the gap between them
3. Draft an opening sentence that states the ask without over-apologising
4. Prepare one response to a likely pushback, such as budget constraints
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- Two to three impact statements
- Target and anchor figures with reasoning
- Opening sentence, drafted
- One pushback and a prepared response
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