The £7,500 conversation

How much would an additional £7.5K in income this year mean to you?

At the end of 2024, I was hired to help a coachee prepare for a review.

She wanted a promotion, but her manager said that she would need to first demonstrate her capabilities through a project.

Before we spoke, she nearly agreed to that request, even though it meant adding to her already considerable workload. She planned to request a £2K raise, not wanting to rock the boat by asking for more, even though she couldn’t afford to settle down on her current salary.

What I haven’t told you about her is that she outperformed everyone else on her team, always being praised for creating systems that improved efficiency.

And yet, all she knew was to be ‘the good girl’. She couldn’t see her own value enough to advocate for herself, or be compensated for the value she brought to the team.

By the end of our first coaching session, she found the courage and conviction to pitch for her promotion without needing to run any projects, and ask for a £5K raise.

When I next spoke to her she was thrilled to have achieved both those goals, but she regretted not asking for £7500, because now she could really that she could have asked for it and that she would have been successful.

If one hour coaching with me can add £7500 to your income, then what could six months of support do for you?

In the investment world, there is a concept of asymmetric risk-reward: where the cost of not making an investment becomes far greater than the reward you get from taking that risk.

What could investing in the Leadership Lab do for your you and your career?

Let’s have a conversation to find out.

(PS: Enrolment closes on September 10th).