These lessons cover the importance for women in the workplace of preparing for and adjusting to adversity and change.
These lessons cover the importance for women in the workplace of preparing for and adjusting to adversity and change. They discuss the necessity of finding the opportunities within adversity and change, as well as how to appropriately build space and confidence for negotiating on your own behalf. Finally, they cover the benefit of setting SMART goals for a successful career path that will take you beyond mid-management level positions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Understanding that change and adversity in the workplace is inevitable
- How to look for and take advantage of opportunities that arise through changes
- Recognize how to prioritize your needs for strongest negotiation position
- Learn the value of confidence in negotiations and rising to upper levels of authority within your company
- Understand SMART goals and why they are important to your career path
What You'll Learn
- Find and take advantage of opportunities that arise through workplace change and adversity
- Create negotiation space and prioritize your needs for a stronger negotiating position
- Prepare for change, resistance, and opportunity in the workplace
- Seek and evaluate feedback to support your career growth
- Demonstrate confidence in negotiations and in rising to upper levels of authority within your company
- Set SMART goals to plan a successful career path beyond mid-management positions
Key Takeaways
- Change and adversity in the workplace are inevitable, and there are opportunities to be found within them.
- Prioritizing your own needs helps establish the strongest position when negotiating on your own behalf.
- Confidence is valuable in negotiations and in rising to upper levels of authority within a company.
- Setting SMART goals supports a successful career path that can take you beyond mid-management level positions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
These lessons are aimed at women in the workplace who want to prepare for and adjust to adversity and change while learning to negotiate on their own behalf.
What topics does this course cover?
It covers finding opportunities within adversity and change, building space and confidence for negotiating on your own behalf, and setting SMART goals for a successful career path that takes you beyond mid-management level positions.
What lessons are included?
The lessons are Finding Opportunities in Adversity; Creating Negotiation Space; Preparing for Change, Resistance, and Opportunity; Seeking and Evaluating Feedback; Demonstrating Confidence; and Envisioning Goals and Planning.
What will I understand about goal setting after this course?
You will understand SMART goals and why they are important to your career path.
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Let's explore how to identify opportunities in adversity, envision your goals, create space in negotiations, and address change resistance. We will also discuss ways to receive and give feedback and display confidence in any situation. How can you create opportunities for yourself and avoid working in a hostile environment? Let's look at ways women can achieve success by charting their own course. One of the main reasons women fail to advocate for themselves during the employment negotiation process or promotion opportunities is the fear that such pushback may endanger the initial offer or their current position. For instance, if a job pays $70,000 and a woman negotiates to receive $75,000 while a man applying for the same role negotiates and receive $78,000, a $3,000 difference may not seem significant. But if you look at accumulated value over time, you'll see that it's actually a $21,000 difference over a seven-year span. So how do you create opportunities to negotiate and avoid adversity in doing so? If there are multiple issues on the table, it's best to bundle the terms you want to discuss rather than discuss each one individually. Setting up separate discussions for each individual point you want to negotiate may come across as adversarial and prove counterproductive. Instead, weigh the value of your issues collectively to determine your strongest, most effective negotiating position. Are you more likely to negotiate effectively if you have little to lose? Review and decide which outcomes you have the best chance to influence, evaluate what the company is looking for, and determine how you can make projects, reports, sales, policies, processes, and other tasks related to your job better for you and the company.
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