CLEANPOWER in Color-Lunch & Keynote: Beyond the Offer: The Salary Negotiation Playbook They Never Taught You

In an industry growing as rapidly as utility-scale clean energy, talent is in high demand — yet too many professionals, especially people of color, still leave money, opportunities, equity, and influence on the table. Whether you are negotiating your first offer, preparing for a performance review, stepping into a promotion, or planning your next career move, knowing how to advocate for your value is critical to long-term success and wealth building.

This dynamic and practical session will pull back the curtain on how compensation decisions are really made inside organizations and equip attendees with the confidence, language, and strategies to negotiate effectively at every stage of their career journey.

Attendees will learn:

• How to negotiate salary, bonuses, equity, titles, and flexibility when accepting a new role
• The mistakes professionals make during performance reviews that cost them compensation growth
• How to position yourself for promotion and advocate for compensation that reflects expanded responsibility
• When and how to negotiate during an exit — including severance, transitions, references, and protecting your professional brand
• The importance of market intelligence, sponsorship, timing, and confidence in negotiation conversations
• How race, perception, and workplace dynamics can influence negotiations — and strategies to navigate them successfully

This will not be a theoretical conversation. Attendees will leave with actionable tools, real-world scripts, negotiation frameworks, and the confidence to walk into their next compensation conversation prepared to win. In a moment where representation and retention matter more than ever, this session is about more than salary — it is about understanding your value, building leverage, and creating lasting career power in clean energy.

This session is only open to CLEANPOWER in Color ticket holders. Register and learn more.