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Negotiation · 8 min read

The salary gap isn't
a confidence problem.
It's an information problem.

Every piece of career advice tells women to "negotiate boldly." Almost none of them give women the actual data they need to negotiate from a position of knowledge rather than hope. Here's what I've learned after 15 years of closing deals across 80 countries.

By Eva Platini · 8 min read
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Book
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Getting More — Stuart Diamond
The most practical negotiation book ever written. Forget win-lose — this changes how you see every interaction.
Changed how I approach every deal. Not just salary — everything.
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Never Split the Difference — Chris Voss
FBI hostage negotiator teaches you the psychological tools that work in any high-stakes conversation.
The tactical empathy framework alone is worth 10x the price of the book.
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Lean In — Sheryl Sandberg
Still the most important book on women in the workplace. Controversial in places. Essential everywhere else.
Read it with critical eyes. Then read it again and take notes.
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The Memo — Minda Harts
The career guide written specifically for women of color navigating corporate America. Essential for anyone serious about equity.
More women need to read this. Full stop.
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LinkedIn Premium Career
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Build beautiful presentations, one-pagers, and personal brand assets without a designer. Essential for visibility and pitching.
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Notion
The all-in-one workspace for your career strategy, negotiation prep, and personal knowledge management.
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Glassdoor
The starting point for any salary research. Imperfect data — but essential context before you open any negotiation.
Use it as one of three data points, never the only one. Triangulate always.
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Negotiation Mastery — Harvard Business School Online
The most rigorous negotiation curriculum available online. 8 weeks, real frameworks, serious credential.
If you're closing deals at scale, this is worth every penny and every hour.
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The Art of Negotiation — MasterClass
Chris Voss teaches his FBI negotiation methodology. Compelling, practical, and actually enjoyable to watch.
The hostage negotiation framing sounds extreme. The techniques are universally applicable.
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Women in Leadership — Coursera
Yale's program on leadership for women. Covers the structural barriers, the psychological research, and the strategic responses.
The research on gender bias in leadership evaluation is eye-opening — and actionable.
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Brand Strategy — Coursera / Kellogg
Northwestern's Kellogg School brand strategy fundamentals. Rigorous, applicable, and transferable to personal brand.
Understanding brand strategy changed how I think about my own career positioning.
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How I Built This — Guy Raz
Founders tell the real story of building their companies — including all the parts they usually skip in the press releases.
The resilience stories are what stay with me. Every episode has one.
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WorkLife — Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explores the science of making work better. Consistently surprising and practical.
The episode on negotiating as a woman is required listening. Bookmark it.
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We Can Do Hard Things — Glennon Doyle
Raw, honest conversations about the hardest parts of being human — and particularly the parts women are expected to hide.
Not a business podcast. Essential listening anyway.
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Long-form conversations with world-class performers about their tools, tactics, and routines. Dense with actionable insights.
I listen at 1.5x and take notes. The interviews with negotiators and investors are gold.
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