Money is one of the most important resources that we have to help us push our way through life. If you need to make more of it, then you might want to consider the possibility of asking for your bosses help. This article aims to highlight the best way to go about doing exactly that.
Make a Plan
If you want to ask your boss’s help in improving your financial state, then the first thing you should do is make a plan. Understanding what you are asking for and how you are asking for it is the best way to help ensure that you are more likely to get what you ask for.
Sit down and write out what you want from your boss and how you expect to get it. Do your best to be reasonable about your expectations and realistic in your assumptions of your boss’s expectations of you.
Once you have what you want written down, you should do any research that might help your case. Being able to speak with authority – and back yourself with research – will give you an advantage.
Options You Might Want to Suggest
There are plenty of potential paths to a higher income that you might want to suggest to your boss. After all, the more solidly you can suggest a path of action toward a higher income, the more likely it is that your boss would be willing to go for it. To that end, here is a quick list of options:
- Increasing Your Pay. If you’re looking to make more money, then your first port of call should always be to ask your boss for a raise. After all, you never get anything if you don’t ask for it.
- Working More Hours. Alternatively, if your boss doesn’t like the idea of giving you a raise, then you might want to consider simply taking on more hours.
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme. Another option that you might want to consider is to suggest a salary sacrifice scheme – such as a Pink Salary Sacrifice Scheme – so that you can start benefitting from savings on a new car, with zero risk to the employer.
- Take On More Responsibility. On the other hand, if you wanted to instead show your boss that you deserve a raise, then you might want to suggest taking on more responsibility in exchange for a higher salary.
Be Persuasive and Confident
Finally, one of the most important things that you will need to keep in mind when you are looking to secure the support of your boss is confidence. The core of persuasion is confidence, which means one of the best things you can do to improve your case for your boss is to ensure that you are confident in your arguments and ideas.
Fortunately, the best thing you can do to help give yourself a little more confidence is to make sure that you have a solid plan. Fortunately, you already know how to make such a plan. Figure out exactly what you want to say to your boss ahead of time, so that you know what you are asking for and how you are planning to convince them to give it to you.