Negotiating a Pay Increase: Learn, Grow and Add Value For Yourself
Offer assistance to other employees, especially those from whom you can learn and grow. Maybe your boss doesn’t have any projects that will stretch your growth curve. Well, fellow employees pose a great opportunity where you can learn, grow and add value, while gaining favor with co-workers. Determine which fellow workers do something that would build value for you if you were to learn an aspect or two of their job.
Ask them: “What’s the most challenging part of your job and why? What part of your job is most critical to the company? What part is toughest to learn? What are you overloaded with now? Can we help each other? Caution: Don’t ask all these questions in one sitting. The other worker might feel threatened that you are up to something that could hurt them. Use discretion and tact.
Here’s what I’ve got in mind. I want to grow here and I’m interested in learning aspects of your job that will help you and allow me to add value to the department at the same time. Would you be willing to teach me in exchange for me taking some of the work off your desk for the time being?” And by the way, if you wish to learn some aspect of my position, I’d gladly assist you too.”
This adds value to the department. If that person is absent you can jump in because you’ve been crossed trained. In either case, you know more and can solve more problems and therefore are worth more.
To see how we leverage this added value further, stay tuned. This material will improve your career, improve the image the boss has of you and will improve your life. Even your personal relationships will improve due to your added self-confidence and self-esteem that you’ll exude. Plus a major increase in your paycheck will be coming soon simply because you are worth more.
What should you NEVER tell your work associates, or anyone connected with your job? Stay tuned because you may not believe it.
The keys to getting the pay raise you deserve are as simple as gaining more knowledge and building self-confidence and projecting that confidence. I’d be happy to hand you those keys. Just ask me….
Have you helped a fellow employee and learned something challenging at the same time? Share your experiences below:
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