Assertiveness Coaching

The first step in being assertive is to understand what assertiveness is.  One way to describe assertiveness is look at examples of assertive behaviour.  It is sometimes a willingness to speak up.  More importantly, an assertive person has an essential belief in him or herself and is willing to validate his or her own truth by speaking up.

Assertiveness is not aggression.  Because of the way we train men in our culture, men are taught that to be strong is to be a man.  Many people express strength as aggression.  It appears the more aggressive they are, the more strength they have.  Many women working male-dominated arenas adopt this attitude as well.  However, when you look at assertiveness – which is really a beautiful thing – it validates your heart strength, your own internal sense of who you are.

This module is designed to give you tools and techniques to become more assertive.

At the end of this module you will:

• Know what assertiveness is.
• Identify how assertive you are in your day-to-day interactions with others.
• Measure how effective your assertiveness level is both in terms of your motivational impact on others and your own internal sense of well being.
• Discriminate between passive, aggressive and assertive behaviour and understand the consequences of each.
• Identify passive, assertive and aggressive responses from a variety of workplace situations.
• Understand the beliefs that underlie assertive behaviour.
• Know why assertive communication is essential in the workplace.
• Know how to communicate assertively.
• Be able to demonstrate the components of assertive communication.
• Be able to ask for what you want without feeling guilty.
• Be able to say ‘no’ without feeling guilty.
• Know what to do to increase your ability to assert yourself.
• Be able to apply assertive communication skills to a variety of situations, including:
  • saying ‘no’
  • setting limits
  • giving and receiving criticism
  • communicating what needs to be done and the consequences for doing it and not doing it
  • handling conflict with employees, peers and bosses
  • receiving compliments
  • giving positive feedback.

This Self Improvement Unit is available in multiple ways.  Full access to this Self Improvement Unit is provided with our Fast-Track Improvement Pack Coaching. You can also obtain access to just this Unit through our Success Strategies for Life. For more information and pricing check out our Pricing Page.

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