Negotiation and Pay gap

Lilly Ledbetter: The Ultimate Equal Pay Icon - 04/27/2012

In the middle of a presidential campaign in the U.S., Barack Obama has reaffirmed his commitment to equal pay between men and women.   The first law Barack Obama signed after being elected in 2008 was the Lilly Lebetter Fair Pay Act, a law which protects women and minorities facing pay...

Problem/Solution : "I feel anxious about asking for something at work" - 04/17/2012

To solve a problem, the first thing you should do is to try putting words on it. And most often, when we don't want to ask something, it's because we're scared of the other person's reaction and don't want to run into a conflict.

“Mommy, do only boys have money or can girls have some too?“ - 04/06/2012

In our last article, we spoke about Linda C. Babcock and Sarah Laschever’s book Women Don’t Ask. It gave us an understanding of the obstacles women face and why they are most often viewed as weak negotiators. Today, we want to talk about some of the authors’ solutions to this conundrum.  

Negotiation: Why Women Don't Ask - 03/27/2012

When we ask men to describe a negotiation exercise, most of them will compare it to winning a sporting competition. When we ask the same thing to women, most of them will liken it to a visit to a dentist appointment. Researchers and influential professors in top American Universities,  Linda...

Shaking off these Stereotypes - 11/28/2011

Stereotypes, preconceived ideas, traditional roles… These concepts influence the way we negotiate our pay check. French author and coach Brigitte Laloupe recently sat down with the magazine l’Express to discuss the statement: “A woman who asks for a pay raise is seen in a bad light”. What are...

Developing Your Negotiation Muscle - 11/22/2011

When you open the dictionary to read the definition of "Paradox", you’ll find: "a seemingly true statement or group of statements that lead to a contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition". Something that goes against good old common sense…   One of today’s most...



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