Assertiveness from the Inside Out

Overview/Description
 Do you sometimes wonder if there's a way to alter your professional style--to change yourself from the inside out? Do you believe there may be strategies you could use to develop a more assertive professional style? Do you want to learn about strategies that can help you interact assertively with others in the workplace? Now is a good time to enhance your professional assertiveness skills if you answered "yes" to any of these questions. This course will guide you as you move into a more decisive, more effective professional style. You'll learn about methods that can help you build and strengthen your assertive style and strategies to prepare you to act more assertively. You'll also learn how to implement your new, assertive style as you negotiate with other professionals, develop teams and partnerships, and cope with opposition. With the assistance of this course, you'll blossom as you become the assertive professional you've wanted to be.

Target Audience
 Business professionals, managers, executives, supervisors

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Developing Your Assertive Style

  • recognize benefits of learning action strategies for being an assertive business professional.
  • match strategies for building an assertive professional style with corresponding statements.
  • identify guidelines to follow to enhance an assertive professional style.
  • determine whether a person successfully strengthened his assertive style in a given business scenario.
  • identify strategies to use for sharpening one's assertive style.

    • Self-development Strategies

  • recognize the value of learning assertive self-development strategies.
  • match methods for taking a positive approach with corresponding statements.
  • determine whether a person was successful in developing accountability in a given business scenario.

    • Assertive Interactions

  • recognize benefits of learning interaction strategies to become an assertive business professional.
  • identify the primary steps for developing a winning team style.
  • determine whether a person followed the steps for successful negotiation in a business scenario.
  • apply the necessary steps to establish a productive partnership in a given business scenario.
  • identify methods for dealing effectively with opposition.

    • Course Number: COMM0172