9: Career Coach Extraordinaire: Negotiate Your Compensation with Leah Murphy

How can women harness the power of negotiation, strategic branding, and self-advocacy to accelerate their careers and break through barriers?

In this insightful conversation, we dive into the remarkable journey of Leah Murphy, who transformed her mechanical engineering background into a impactful career as an executive coach and author. Leah offers invaluable wisdom on the critical importance of negotiation skills for women in the workplace, shedding light on the unique challenges they face in career advancement.

She emphasizes the profound significance of personal branding and the non-negotiable need for women to advocate for themselves. Leah also provides practical advice on how to strategically navigate non-promotable tasks and cultivate essential relationships throughout one's career. A core theme of her discussion is the imperative to be acutely aware of one's value and to effectively communicate that value to key decision-makers.

In this episode, we discuss:

(00:00) Introduction and Background

(06:11) Becoming a Personal Trainer for Careers

(11:15) Transitioning from Engineer to Entrepreneur

(17:14) Writing a Book on Salary Negotiation

(20:15) Challenges Women Face in Negotiations

(21:07) Reframing Negotiation as Collaboration

(27:09) Focusing on Promotable Tasks (35:46) Building a Consistent Personal Brand

(47:20) The Challenges and Rewards of Entrepreneurship

Listen in for more can't-miss insights from Leah! Click here to listen!

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Keywords: executive coach, author, engineer, supply chain, entrepreneur, personal trainer for careers, negotiation, compensation, manufacturing, decision-making, salary negotiation, women in negotiations, negotiation, career advancement, equity gap, promotable tasks, calculated risks, personal brand, networking, entrepreneurship

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