John Gates, Pay Negotiation Expert, Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author & Creator of The Crossroads

About this episode

John Gates discusses pay negotiation strategies and launching consulting businesses for Christian corporate leaders.

Returning guest John Gates, Pay Negotiation Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Best-Selling Author of “Act Your Wage”, and founder of The Crossroads: a proven, faith-aligned path that helps Christian corporate leaders launch their first consulting business in just 6 weeks. As a former head of global recruiting for multiple Fortune 500 companies, he trained hiring teams on how to negotiate - giving him rare, insider insight into what actually works. Winning Business Radio is broadcast live Mondays at 4PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio ( www.w4cy.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio ( www.talk4radio.com ) on the Talk 4 Media Network ( www.talk4media.com ). Winning Business Radio is viewed on Talk 4 TV ( www.talk4tv.com ). Winning Business Radio Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media ( www.talk4media.com ), Talk 4 Podcasting ( www.talk4podcasting.com ), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/winning-business-radio--3075598/support .

People in this episode

Host: Talk 4 Radio

Guest: John Gates

Topics covered

• pay negotiation
• consulting business
• Christian corporate leaders
• career development
• keynote speaking

Keywords

• pay negotiation
• consulting
• Christian leaders
• career advice
• business launch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Crossroads, W4CY Radio, Talk 4 Media, Talk 4 TV, Talk 4 Podcasting, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible

Books & works: Act Your Wage

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