Worth the Ask: The Salary Negotiation Workbook

Most women accept the first offer. Top earners don't.

For thirty years I sat on the company's side of the table. I approved the offers. I set the salary bands. And I knew the truth most women never hear: that first number is not a verdict on your worth. It is an opening. We built room into it on purpose, because we knew most people would be too grateful, or too nervous, to ask.

This is the workbook I wish every woman had before she said yes.

Worth the Ask is not a cold checklist. It is a beautiful, guided, fillable workbook you complete right on your screen, no printing required. It walks you through three quiet parts. First you Reflect, because the number is never really about the number. Then you Prepare, gathering your worth and your market data onto the page. Then you Ask, with words that are already yours.

Inside you will find:

A space to face what really rises up when you imagine asking for more. The exact list of everything that is negotiable, far beyond base salary. How to find your true market number and where to aim. The leverage ladder, so you know how much to ask for. My five-step W.O.R.T.H. method. Word-for-word scripts you make your own. And a one-page counter to carry into the room with you.

The research is plain: more than eight in ten employers expect you to negotiate, yet only about half of women ever do. The money that was set aside for them quietly stays in the budget. One prepared conversation can change your entire year.

You are not being difficult. You are being diligent. And Scripture is clear on which one God honors.

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings." Proverbs 22:29, KJV

Begin here: download your workbook, pour into it, and walk into your next offer calm, clear, and certain of your worth.

Faith-led. HR-rooted. Truth-told.