Your Negotiation Started Yesterday

Most leaders think negotiation starts when the offer lands in their inbox.

They're wrong.

By the time you're reviewing compensation details, you've either built significant leverage or surrendered it entirely.

The painful truth?

The interview isn't just an evaluation—it's the negotiation itself.

I hear about countless leaders coming up #2 again and again—leaving hundreds of thousands on the table and growing more and more frustrated with their careers.

When they finally break through—they'll get blindsided by a lowball offer and start scrambling to maximize value.

Oftentimes, they are so defeated that they only take the deal to live and fight another day.

The pattern repeats with alarming frequency, even among seasoned C-suite leaders. The cost? Often, six or seven figures in lost compensation over a career transition.

It doesn't have to be this way.

The Invisible Start Line

Repeat after me.

My negotiation doesn't begin with the offer.

It begins with your very first interaction. That LinkedIn mess…