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Strategies for promoting inclusivity
How to address unconscious bias
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Get to the root cause
The best way to find out why someone wants a raise is to ask them.
Questions that can help to uncover the issue.
- What's your least favourite part about your job?
- What's one thing we could do to improve how our team works?
- How do you experience your workload? Do you feel overworked or underworked?
Ensure that you are actively listening. Rephrase the message to confirm you understand it.
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Give them new projects to work on
You may be unable to increase their financial compensation, but you can instead focus on providing them with career growth. Studies show that growth is a significant perk people want at work, even more than money.
- Introduce them to a mentor further along in a simil...
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Feeling undercompensated
When someone on your team asks for a raise (assuming they're deserving), but you don't have the budget to increase their pay, can you give someone a promotion to keep up their morale?
Just saying "no" to a pay raise or lying to them and saying it could happen in a few months will likely not...
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Be more transparent
If you are transparent about your company's financial situation, when raises are considered, and your limitations, your employee looking for a raise will be more willing to wait.
Transparency creates a deeper level of trust between employers and employees. However, a lack o...
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How to deal with one of your team members feeling undercompensated but giving them a pay increase is not an option.
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Getting to know the workplace
At a new job, in order to get to know more about how the palce overall works, most new employees talk to lower-level people because they perceive that they are more attentive to social norms.
- What are typical work hours?
- Do teammates do things together outside of work?
How to get beyond small talk
Ask open-ended questions that invite people to tell stories, rather than one-word answers.
Instead of "How was your day?" try, "What did you do today?" Other open-ended questions to try:
- "What's your story?"
- "What's the ...
Get to Know Your Audience
Start by creating a buyer persona, or a fictional representation of your ideal customer. This will outline who your audience is, including their demographics, job title, location, age, and general information about income.
Once you have your buyer persona outlined, dig a little deeper by ...
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