The goal of our Assertiveness Training class is to enable participants to learn to express their rights, requests, opinions, and feelings honestly, directly, and appropriately without violating the rights and self-esteem of others.

Each Assertiveness Training Institute training class begins with a self-assessment that enables individuals to understand their personality. We delve into each person’s strengths, weaknesses and stress areas to help people understand what makes them “tick.” We then begin the process of enabling participants to understand how to communicate more effectively with others. Through various activities and assertiveness training exercises, participants then begin to recognize other communication styles and the best way to communicate to them. Here is when the process of becoming more assertive truly takes shape – by understanding the needs of other communication styles, participants learn how to express their opinion and stand up for their interests regardless of who they are dealing with.

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Assertiveness Training: Assertive Communication and How to Use It

Over the ensuing months we are going to cover in detail all the nuances of what I call “Assertive Communication” or being able to communicate in a much more positive and effective manner with the people In your life, whether it be work colleagues, including management, your friends, or just everyday people that you encounter. People give off signals all the time, and knowing how to recognize those signals is a very important part of the process we are going to cover.

All my life I’ve always worked in some form of managerial role or other which has meant a great deal of interaction with other people at various levels and being able to communicate effectively with them all, but it has never ceased to amaze me how many people who lack assertiveness skills actually sell themselves short without actually realizing that they are doing it by being unable to get their viewpoint across successfully and effectively.

Being Aggressive is Different From Being Assertive
A lot of people think that by being “aggressive” or “forceful” that they will impart their personality on another individual and therefore make their point, but are then surprised to find that it has the opposite effect! And don’t forget being “aggressive” doesn’t necessarily mean being physically violent. So much can be learned by taking a step back, thinking in terms of assertive communication and having a look at how your actions impact on another person or other people and once you can “sense and feel” what you are doing it will make a huge difference in how you project yourself.

Being Assertive
Part of being able to get on in life and to be able to cope with things in an effective manner is in your perception of other people and in the way that other people perceive you. You’ve all heard how most people tend to make a judgment of someone within the first 10 seconds and that first impression is the first and most important impression you can make.

Assertiveness Questions to Ask of Yourself
So, ask yourself, if that’s the case and people are making such “instant” judgments what are other people thinking of me, and just as importantly what kind of impression am I making on the people that matter? What can I do about it and is there in fact, anything I can do about it?

Well the good news is YES, there is an awful lot you can do about but it is something that you will have to work on and depending on how badly you want to be more assertive, progress at work or in your life and how badly you want to improve your assertiveness skills. It’s the effort you put in that counts.

Source: Garth Delikan Link

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