How Women Can Get What They Want With Sara Laschever

10/12/21 • 38 min

In this episode I am joined by Sara Laschever, the co-author of the ground-breaking books “Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation” and “Ask for It! How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want”. Sara is an internationally recognized authority on the obstacles women face in the workplace, so she joins me to discuss the important role that negotiation plays in the lives of women. From negotiating their salaries, with their families or for equality, Sara’s research and advice for women allows them to negotiate better and contribute to their workplace and the world in a meaningful way.

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Kirk Kinnell is a retired Crisis Negotiator and former Head of Hostage Negotiations with 30 years of experience. Having worked in law enforcement and the Armed Policing unit in Scotland, he attended roughly 250 incidents to successfully save the lives of people in crisis and contemplating suicide. In this episode, Kirk shares the 7 steps to listening with impact, the importance of finding the shared common objective, and how he put his negotiation skills to work after experiencing unimaginable loss in his life.

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