In Australia, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency calculates that women (on average) earn 83% of what their male counterparts earn. Studies also show that women are less willing to negotiate which ultimately impacts on earning capacity over time.
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Want to negotiate?
How do we feel about it?
2.5 times more women
Gender Description of negotiation
Male Exciting, fun
Like a ball game or wrestling
match
Female Scary
Like going to the dentist
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Negotiation tips
Build your skills
Understand negotiation theory
Have a process to prepare strategically
Know how to handle difficult moments
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Negotiation tips
Reframe the negotiation
How would I
respond if one of
my staff asked
this of me?
How will my boss
respond if I ask
this?
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Negotiation tips
Know your worth
• Do your research
• Compare yourself to the right group
• Move beyond what you need
• Put forward a range rather than a
number
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Continue the conversation …
Nicole Davidson, CMA Learning
Phone: 0403 523 700
Email: nicoled@cmalearning.com.au
Twitter: @NikDavidson, @CMALearning
LinkedIn: Nicole Davidson, CMA Learning Community
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Further reading
Babcock, L., & Laschever, S. (2003). Women don't ask: Negotiation and the
gender divide. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press
Bowles, H. & Babcock, L., Relational Accounts: An Answer for Women to the
Compensation Negotiation Dilemma, available at:
https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=322
Sandberg, S., & Scovell, N. (2013). Lean in: Women, work, and the will to lead