Why not to use having found a counter offer at another job as a bargaining chip with your current employer:
Watch the brief video here: How To Deal With Counter Offers (video)
Have you ever leveraged an offer from another company to get a raise at your current job? (I have not but got a job where someone use the position to stay with her current employer at a higher pay rate.)
If so, how did it go with your current employer, or did you end up taking the new job?
My sister is a long time Joyce Meyer fan. I recently surfed Joyce’s site and ran across this article I want to share since stress can be a regular part of our lives at work – http://www.joycemeyer.org/articles/ea.aspx?article=two_practical_tips_on_reducing_constant_stress
If you’d like to perfect your presentation skills, check out this video of Nancy Duarte’s speech on The Structure of Great Talks at http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks.html. Thanks to Dave Delaney. I read about this in his book, New Business Networking (http://www.amazon.com/New-Business-Networking-Effectively-Biz-Tech/dp/0789750988/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385841020&sr=1-1&keywords=new+business+networking)