What if you could increase your salary nearly 70% by negotiating?
That's what one woman got while working with me.
What if you could get a promotion to a C-level position?
That's what I helped another woman get.
More than 54% of women attempt to negotiate contracts, promotions, and new jobs.
But women's negotiation attempts get rejected at double the rate of men's.
That's a significant gap.
What are the reasons behind it? Society. Gender stereotypes. The ways women communicate.
We can't solve the first two easily--they are too big and take too long. So we'll keep working on them.
But we *can* solve the third one.
Here are some of the challenges women face when negotiating:
Now, you can learn the strategies that lead to successful, confident negotiations--and practice them in a safe environment with other women!--so you are ready to not only ask for but win the outcome you deserve.
With Empowword, you will learn the strategies to negotiate, be able to practice those strategies in a safe and trusted environment, and get 1-on-1 coaching support for your negotiation when you need it.
But women's negotiation attempts get rejected at double the rate of men's.
That's a significant gap.
What are the reasons behind it? Society. Gender stereotypes. The ways women communicate.
We can't solve the first two easily--they are too big and take too long. So we'll keep working on them.
But we *can* solve the third one.
Here are some of the challenges women face when negotiating:
- We typically don't get practice in negotiation. Gender studies show that women tend to be more collaborative communicators, while men tend to be more competitive communicators.
- We are more likely to start negotiations using language that already undermines the request--"I was just thinking that maybe you'd consider..."
- And we are more likely to accept rejection. So when the boss says "Not right now," we are more likely to say "Ok, well, at least I asked."
Now, you can learn the strategies that lead to successful, confident negotiations--and practice them in a safe environment with other women!--so you are ready to not only ask for but win the outcome you deserve.
With Empowword, you will learn the strategies to negotiate, be able to practice those strategies in a safe and trusted environment, and get 1-on-1 coaching support for your negotiation when you need it.
Why is Empowword for you?
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Honestly, you are probably here because you've already been working in your field for 5 or 10, maybe even 20 years. You've jumped through all the hoops, you've brought in clients, wowed with projects, and increased the overall value of your company through your work time and time again.
You waited until you felt absolutely sure that you were worth it, and then you asked. You asked for the salary increase or the promotion or the new role. But they said "No." They said it wasn't the right time or there wasn't enough money or that role didn't make sense. They said it nicely, but it was still a no. And you said, "Ok, I understand. At least I asked." Then weeks later you watched as an employee, most likely male, got a salary increase or a promotion or a new role. Maybe they deserved it. Maybe they were just ok at their job. Maybe you watched someone you didn't think very much of fail upward. Whatever it was, you realized that your company had said "Yes" to them but "No" to you. Because here's the truth. The "no" they gave you wasn't about the money or the time or the role or any of that. It wasn't about what you asked for or when you asked or even *that* you asked. It was about HOW you asked. And HOW you accepted their "No." So what if you could learn to do it differently? You could learn how to ask so that they listened and took you seriously. You could learn how to respond to their "no" to get it to a "yes". It's not going to look like how the men do it--there's too much social and cultural stuff preventing us from successfully using their strategies. We have to use *our own* strategies. But the ones that work. And that's what you can learn with Empowword. |
I'm so sorry you smacked your head right into the glass ceiling you thought we'd already smashed through.
It's hard to see it when it's invisible.
But it still hurts when you hit it.
Empowword is here to give you the tools, the support, the practice, and the coaching to shatter your glass ceiling and reach through for the things you want and deserve at work.
So are you ready to get your dream job, earn your well-deserved promotion, or win the contract you want?
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Become a member of the Empowword community!
For just $99 a month, you get these benefits:
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Join the Empowword Program!
Your investment of $2997 gets you
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Your Coach: Jenny Morse, PhD
Alongside more than a decade as a professor of business writing and communication at Colorado State University, Jenny has trained professionals in business writing and communication at organizations across the country through her company, Appendance, Inc. She often speaks on email writing, giving feedback, building credibility, and developing habits that support more efficient and effective communication. Her Better Business Writing online course won the Excellence in Communication Consulting Award from the Association for Business Communication. In working with professionals, Jenny has heard from women in HR, tech, finance, government agencies, manufacturing, and other industries the challenges they face in negotiating and strategizing. Empowword is designed to support and encourage those women! Email: jenny@empowword.com |
Interested in learning more? Find a time to talk to me about Empowword and how the program can support you!
Why am I building Empowword?
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After more than a decade as a professor of business writing and communication and almost a decade as a corporate trainer through my company Appendance, I've gotten to talk with women all over the country about how women and men use language differently and how women's strategies often disadvantage us when it comes to negotiation. Empowword exists to help women learn and practice the techniques that we know help women successfully negotiate, and to provide the community and support that we also know help women thrive.
--Jenny Morse, PhD |
Empowword is for women who have
- Wanted to negotiate but felt unprepared or even powerless
- Asked for what they wanted and been rejected
- Struggled with low confidence or assumed that if they were worth more, they'd get paid more
- Worried about the risks of asking for more
- Felt alone in preparing or strategizing before a negotiation
Here's the truth:
You are worthy.
You are deserving.
You are already a high achiever.
All you need are the skills and support to get what you want.
The Empowword Program
Here is exactly what you will get in the Empowword program:
Total program value of nearly $7000.
Each session will be open to a cohort of up to 10 women.
Program fee is $2997.
- All the benefits of the Empowword Membership for 1 year (value of $1188)
- 4 weeks of live group coaching (value of $3000)
- 10 hours of 1-on-1 coaching (value of $2500)
- The Empowword guide to negotiation strategies and examples ebook
- A community of other high-achieving women to practice strategies with and provide support
Total program value of nearly $7000.
Each session will be open to a cohort of up to 10 women.
Program fee is $2997.
The Empowword Program
Week 1
- Getting started
- What is strategic communication?
- How to build trust/alignment
- Navigating media
- Mirroring in person
- Mirroring in writing
- Keeping it objective/presenting facts
- Using I, you, we
- Framing in the positive
- Asking questions
- Refining questions
- Making the deal
Your 10 hours of 1-on-1 coaching never expire and can be used for email, text, phone calls, or meetings when you need targeted support in your negotiation.
Empowword Community Membership
The Empowword community membership is for women who are ready to start learning about how to improve their communication skills and want to benefit from connecting with other women working toward similar goals. Community members also get the benefit of monthly clinics led by Dr. Jenny Morse and discounts on 1-on-1 coaching.
Here are all the benefits of the Empowword Membership:
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Here are all the benefits of the Empowword Membership:
- Exclusive access to the Empowword newsletter
- Exclusive access to the Empowword video and resource library
- Monthly Empowword clinics and q&as
- An interactive community of Empowword women
- Special discounts on 1-on-1 coaching
Cancel anytime.