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Justin Bateh, PhD

Tactical advice for navigating work, leading people & staying ahead with AI

How to Handle Every Hard Conversation at Work

How to Handle Every Hard Conversation at Work

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Most careers stall in a conversation, not a skill gap.

You can be great at your job and still lose the raise, the credit or the respect, because of what you said (or didn't say) in a two-minute moment. The ask. The pushback. The email you rewrote four times. The 1:1 where someone on your team needed honest feedback and got a vague one.

Nobody trains you for those moments. So most people wing them, then think of the perfect line on the drive home.

This library gives you that line before you need it. Five guides, every hard moment at work, each one word for word.

What's in the library

You get 5 separate PDFs, so you open the one you need instead of scrolling through 225 pages.

15 of the moments it covers

  • How to push back on your boss's bad idea without sounding difficult

  • What to say when someone steals your idea in a meeting

  • How to ask for a raise without hearing "let's revisit next cycle"

  • What to say when they tell you "there's no budget"

  • How to say no to extra work and still look like a team player

  • What to say when you find out a coworker earns more than you

  • How to mention an outside offer without burning the bridge

  • How to answer "Did you use AI for this?" without losing credibility

  • How to ignore the 10 PM message without looking checked out

  • The follow-up email that finally gets a reply

  • How to decline a meeting with no agenda

  • How to manage the people who used to be your peer

  • How to give feedback on work that keeps missing the mark

  • What to say when a team member shuts down in a 1:1

  • How to tell your top performer something they won't like

What changes when you have the words

Here's the same moment handled two ways. Nothing about the work is different. Only the words.

Every script in the library follows that pattern: what most people say, what to say instead, and why it works. You read it in 30 seconds and walk in ready.

The raise conversation, start to finish

Asking is the easy part. What sinks most raises is the reply you didn't prepare for. The Raise Kit walks you through it in order: find your number from real market data, build a one-page case your boss can forward up, pick your timing, run the conversation, then lock in the outcome in writing.

And when they stall, you already know what to say:

Your situation isn't generic. Your script shouldn't be either.

A script written for everyone never fits your boss, your team or your numbers exactly. That's why the scripts come with AI prompts: 200+ of them across the library. Paste one into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, fill in the brackets, and you get a version in your own words with your own details.

You do not need to know anything about prompting. The prompt is already written. Here is how it works:

Want a script for something none of the guides cover? There is a master prompt for that too.

Who this is for

  • You do good work and still feel overlooked, underpaid or talked over

  • You say yes too often, then work nights to keep up

  • You have a raise, review or promotion conversation coming and refuse to wing it

  • You manage people, or just started to, and want to be clear without being harsh

  • You'd rather send the right email once than rewrite it four times

Not for anyone looking for tricks to manipulate coworkers. These scripts are direct, fair and honest. That's why they work.

Find the right script in seconds

You won't read this front to back. You'll open it 5 minutes before a meeting, or right after a message makes your stomach drop. So it's organized by the moment you're in:

Look inside

Every page is designed to be skimmed on your phone right before the conversation.

Who wrote it

I'm Justin Bateh, PhD. I've been a COO, I'm a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and I've trained 25,000+ professionals. About 300k+ people follow me on social and email for the unwritten rules of modern work. I wrote these because good people keep losing raises, credit, and respect in conversations nobody prepared them for. Not advice. The exact words.

FAQ

How do I get the files?

Right after checkout you get all 5 PDFs as separate downloads, plus an email with the links.

Do I have to use AI?

No. Every script works as written. The prompts are there when you want a custom version.

I'm not a manager. Is this still for me?

Yes. Four of the five guides are for anyone at work. The Manager's Script Book is there for when you lead people, or want to understand how your boss thinks.

Will it work in my industry?

Yes. Bosses, coworkers, meetings, raises and email exist in every workplace. So do these conversations.

Refunds?

If you are not happy with this product, let us know within 3 days, and we will issue a 100% refund.

Your next hard conversation is already on the calendar

Raise. Pushback. The email. The 1:1. One raise conversation that goes right pays for this many times over. Get every script now.

Get the words before you need them

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