1) EQ 2) Knowing and actively supporting direct reports’ career goals 3) Being candid about org, team, and their own strengths and weaknesses 4) hiring 5) planning (eg provider hiring, SF office hunt)
The base package offer was just not good in any way. I had to negotiate quite a lot to make it workable. A concession that I got that I encourage others to pursue is a verbal commitment to a promotion schedule (ie youre up for consideration every x months)