

7 Things To Never Do When Asking For A Raise
As a manager, watching an employee ask for a raise can often create cringes, forehead slaps, and even worse, anger and annoyance. While conversations about compensation and career paths are important parts of cultivating teams and organizations, not enough employees prepare for the talk. Worse, they often commit basic errors that effectively kill the conversation, and make mistakes that can easily be avoided. Gathering the wisdom of the BizzyChicks community, here is a list
Want a Raise or Promotion? Follow These 3 Steps
“Can we schedule a time to discuss my performance and compensation?” For many people, even the thought of uttering this phrase to a manager can create sleepless nights and acid indigestion. Conversations about money are difficult in their own right. Discussions about one’s merit are even more emotional, as can be tied to feelings of self-worth, likeability, and evoke the primal fear of rejection. Women appear to struggle more with the conversation than men. Over the course of