Aspire with Emma Grede

Negotiation Starts Before You Enter the Room

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Mar 5, 2026
Mori Taheripour, Wharton professor and negotiation coach who teaches people to ask with confidence. She reframes negotiation as self-advocacy and a daily life skill. They cover fear, people-pleasing, and the inner work that precedes asking. Practical prep tips, using data and curiosity, handling rejection, and why leverage is often perception.
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ADVICE

Bring Data To Support Your Ask

  • Use objective data to persuade others: market rates, comparable salaries, and documented accomplishments.
  • Mori emphasizes data as a universal language that turns deservingness into evidence-based requests.
ADVICE

Ask Clearly Then Shut Up

  • Make your ask and then stay silent so the other side must respond; avoid over-justifying immediately.
  • Mori's blunt tactic: present the case with evidence, 'drop the mic,' and sit back to force a thoughtful counteroffer.
ADVICE

Pause And Go To The Balcony

  • When negotiations turn combative, pause: breathe, go to the balcony, or ask to take time and reconvene.
  • Mori suggests mental distancing to reassess perspectives and returning later with clarity rather than escalate in the moment.
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