Negotiate Your Salary EXACTLY Like This (3-Step Script)

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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If you’ve been doing “more than your job” but your pay hasn’t changed, this episode breaks down the 3-step salary negotiation script that turns your hard work into a clear business case your manager can say yes to. In this conversation, Yota Trom shares a practical method to prove you’re already operating at the next level using a simple Excel self-evaluation worksheet—then shows how to connect your impact to measurable outcomes so the company sees the upside in paying you more. How to build a self-evaluation worksheet (current role vs. next role + proof) How to identify whether you’re actually eligible for a raise/promotion before you ask How to handle the “you haven’t been here long enough” objection with a business case How to quantify impact (the “show them the money” approach) so leadership pays attention Negotiate Anything: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code ANYTHING at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠⁠https://incogni.com/anything⁠⁠ incogni.com ⁠⁠Personal Information Removal Service | Incogni | Incogni⁠⁠ Data brokers are collecting, aggregating and trading your personal data without you knowing anything about it. We make them remove it. Connect with Yota Want to get paid what you’re really worth? Apply for 1:1 coaching with Yota → https://www.paywhatimworth.com/leadership-coaching Need clarity on your value? Download the free value-clarity workbook → https://www.paywhatimworth.com/workbook For confidence, visibility & career growth follow Yota on LinkedIn→ https://www.linkedin.com/in/yotatrom/ Want a personal brand that opens doors? Learn how to build one → https://www.yotatrom.com/ Contact ANI ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠negotiateanything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:00.0	Your boss isn't underpaying you because they don't value you. They're underpaying you because you are letting your work stay invisible.
0:08.0	If you keep believing the myth that your work will just speak for itself, here's the cost. You get overlooked, someone else takes credit, and you stay stuck while louder, weaker performers pass you by.
0:20.0	In this episode, you'll get three moves to change that fast.
0:24.1	First, you'll learn how to build a business case so a raise becomes a business decision,
0:29.3	not a favor to you.
0:30.6	Second, you'll learn the Excel self-evaluation method that proves you're already operating
0:35.2	at the next level.
0:36.0	And third, you'll discover how to time the money conversation
0:39.4	so you don't negotiate too early and blow your leverage.
0:43.1	She spent 15 years in corporate at places like Amazon and Yahoo.
0:46.8	And when she was in corporate, she didn't negotiate her first offer and paid dearly for it.
0:52.8	Then she flipped it, coaching leaders through promotions
0:55.5	and pay raises by controlling the narrative and leveraging market value. And she's going to show you
1:01.6	the single mistake that makes good employees stay underpaid for years. Let's jump in.
1:09.9	Yoda, I think a perfect place for us to start would be talking about the connection between
1:15.0	personal branding and actually getting paid what you're worth.
1:19.8	So tell us a little bit about that connection.
1:23.3	So when I started my coaching business, I started by coaching executive.
1:29.0	So executive coaching, leadership coaching was what I was doing.
1:33.2	And of course, as an entrepreneur, the one thing you need to do in order to have a business
1:38.0	is to have a personal brand because if people don't know who you are, what you offer,
1:42.5	what you're good at, then obviously
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