V — Validate
Validate your worth: inner game, proof of contribution, and a clear case for what you bring.
Salary You Deserve
Good work won’t get you the raise. Being ready to ask will.
The VALUE Method is the step-by-step way to prepare your case, your numbers, and the conversation — so you walk in ready and walk out paid what you’re worth.
$10k+
Most high performers are underpaid by at least this much.
30+
Years coaching leaders
5
Steps · the VALUE Method
24
Video lessons in the course
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Lifetime access
The problem
Good work does not automatically lead to better pay.
Your manager may value your work and still not be thinking about your salary.
Most meaningful salary increases happen because somebody intentionally prepares the case, starts the conversation, and follows through.
Waiting to be noticed is not a strategy.
It’s not your fault
The Merit Myth
You were taught a comforting idea: do great work, and the pay will follow. It won’t — at least not on its own. Most organizations quietly rely on it. The person who waits to be noticed costs nothing; the person who asks does.
This isn’t a character flaw. Nobody taught you the other half — how to make your value visible and ask for it well. Loyalty is often the most expensive strategy of all: the ones who stay quiet get compared on tasks, while the ones who ask reset their pay to what they’re actually worth.
Nobody gets the salary they deserve. Only the one they negotiate.
Salary Self-Check
Do you know what is holding back your earning potential?
The Salary Self-Check helps you identify where your current position is strongest and where your salary strategy may be breaking down. It looks at five areas:
V Validate
A Analyze
L Leverage
U Upgrade
E Evolve
Built from established research in organizational psychology, career development, negotiation, employee voice, and behavioral science, organized through the proprietary VALUE Method.
The VALUE Method
A practical framework for earning what you are worth
The VALUE Method helps professionals understand and strengthen the five areas that shape their ability to negotiate compensation effectively.
A — Analyze
Analyze the market: your real scope and level, defendable benchmarks, and calm options.
L — Leverage
Leverage your story: conversation structure, value pitch, and a clear ask without wobbling.
U — Upgrade
Upgrade the deal: think in packages, handle pushback, and keep next steps concrete.
E — Evolve
Evolve your career: visibility habits and a repeating cycle so growth compounds.
The course
Start today — the complete VALUE Method
Everything you need to prepare and win your next salary conversation: 24 video lessons, the VALUE Method Workbook, and the full preparation process — yours for life.
★ Founder price · 25% off for the first 25
$397$298one-time · lifetime access
- 24 video lessons — the full VALUE Method, step by step
- The VALUE Method Workbook (yours to keep)
- The complete salary-preparation process — evidence file, scripts, the ask
- Lifetime access, on every device, at your own pace
One year without the raise isn’t $298 — it’s the $10,000+ you never asked for, every year it waits.
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Premium — Your Boss on Demand
The full course plus Your Boss on Demand — an AI negotiation sparring partner you can rehearse with anytime, before the conversation that matters.
About Marcel
More than 30 years helping professionals communicate their value
Marcel Szenessy is an executive coach, trainer, speaker, and author. For more than three decades, he has helped professionals and leaders strengthen their confidence, communication, negotiation, and impact.
His clients have included professionals and organizations such as PwC, P&G, PUMA, Forvis Mazars, Deutsche Bank, Philips, Lufthansa, Mercedes, and several European central banks.
“People are capable of far more than they realize.”
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In their words
What leaders say about working with Marcel
A real result
“I just wanted to let you know — I got the salary increase. Thank you for your professional guidance; I now work in a more structured and effective way.”
— S., client
“He helped me gain the confidence to make strategic decisions. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level, Marcel’s coaching is the best option.”
Aleksandra Machowska
Assurance, PwC Chicago
“Working with Marcel was nothing short of transformational. I recommend him to anyone looking to grow as a leader and realise their true worth.”
Anders Rhodén
Partner, PwC Norway
“A unique gift for guiding you to look inward and fostering the clarity and confidence needed for solutions. I wholeheartedly recommend Marcel.”
Michael Bencak
CEO & Board Advisor
“An excellent coach, mentor and trainer — he brings out the best in leaders. One of the most outstanding management consultants I know.”
Anna Oels Lindell
Head of Customer Success
“I cannot recommend the coaching highly enough. Anyone who works with Marcel will see immense value and growth.”
Ulrich Klaus
Business Development & Category Lead
“Marcel is among the most impactful and inspirational professionals I have worked with — a unique mixture of modesty, confidence and presence.”
Svilen Pankov
Leadership Programme Lead
Your salary is too important to leave to chance.
You’ve seen the method and the proof. The next raise starts with being ready — get the course and prepare your case.