Asking for the Raise

A short script for a conversation most people postpone for years

Most people rehearse this conversation for months and still improvise the opening line. A short, specific script for asking, and for what to say when the answer is not yes.

About this book

This is a conversation people rehearse for months and still open badly, because the rehearsing is almost always about justification — the case, the achievements, the market comparison — and the opening line is left to the moment. The moment is not a good time to write it.

The book starts with why the conversation gets postponed for years, which is not usually about confidence. It is about the absence of a natural occasion: no week is obviously the right week, and in the absence of a trigger the default is to wait for one. The first chapters are about choosing the moment deliberately instead, and about the two or three occasions that genuinely work better than the rest.

The opening line is written out in full, in several variants, along with an explanation of what each one is doing. There is a specific chapter on the number — whether to name one, when, and what happens in each case — and on the difference between asking and negotiating, which are separate conversations that often get compressed into one.

The largest section is about what to say when the answer is not yes, since that is the more common outcome and the one people prepare for least. Not now, no budget, let us revisit it, and outright no each get their own response. The final chapter is on following up in a way that does not read as a reminder, including how long to wait and what to put in writing.

What is inside

• Why the conversation gets postponed for years
• Choosing the moment on purpose
• The opening line, written out in full
• What to say when the answer is not yes
• Following up without sounding like a reminder

Who it is for

• Anyone who has been meaning to have this conversation for over a year
• People who have prepared a case and never scheduled the meeting
• Readers who want the words, including the ones for a refusal
• Those who have asked before, been deferred, and never followed up

From the book

Nobody drafts an opening line for a conversation they never plan to have. Draft yours, and the conversation becomes possible.

Details

• Format: PDF ebook
• Length: 50 pages
• Language: English
• Delivery: instant download after payment
• Protection: none — no DRM, no device limit
• Thirty-day refund on every purchase