Assertiveness Skills: Communicating with Authority & Impact
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Those who communicate with assertiveness, rather than passivity or aggression, are more likely to maintain positive workplace relationships while meeting their goals. Through video demonstrations, role-playing activities, journaling, and practical workshops, this training course will help you leverage proven techniques to become self-aware of behaviour patterns and increase your ability to get work done.
You Will Learn How To
- Demonstrate and model assertive behaviour for win-win outcomes
- Gain self-awareness of your attitudes, behaviour patterns, and habits
- Develop a positive, proactive response to difficult behaviours
- Exhibit confidence in your ability to address challenging situations
Course Outline
- Assertiveness Essentials
Recognizing modes of interactive behavior
- Considering critical attributes of assertive behavior
- Identifying characteristics of nonassertive behavior
- Acknowledging areas of personal vulnerability and opportunity
- Responding appropriately to manipulation or bullying
Contextual and situational considerations
- Asserting 360 degrees: peers, direct-reports, bosses and vendors
- Assessing the impact of organizational culture
- Accommodating intercultural norms
- Navigating power relationships within the organization
- Expressing Personal Power
Pinpointing patterns of behavior
- Raising self-awareness
- The role of personal history
- Exploring how identity, fear and habits impact results
- Creating new personal effectiveness
Mapping how people handle conflict
- Enhancing your ability to respond to conflict
- Recognizing your conflict style
- Responding differently to different situations
- Considering the role of Emotional and Social Intelligence
- Overcoming Challenging Situations
Applying viable assertiveness techniques
- Deciding which situations call for assertiveness
- Witnessing the dynamics of constructive and destructive interactions
Adopting effective assertiveness strategies
- Developing options to respond productively
- Identifying your assertiveness style and adapting your approach
- Giving up blame and focusing on solutions
- Seeing the win-win potential of cooperation
- Finding the root cause through effective questioning
- Building Your Assertiveness Skill Set
Committing to assertive and skillful outcomes
- Developing powerful nonverbal communication
- Accepting responsibility for resolution
- Initiating improved communication
- Communicating clearly in complex situations
- Deflecting criticism and personal attacks
Developing the tools
- The power of "I" statements
- Saying "no" productively
- Addressing difficult issues using the DESC approach
- Pushing through resistance
- Mastering Assertiveness
Establishing a proactive assertiveness style
- Taking time to think clearly
- Modeling productive approaches
- Responding to everyday situations
- Giving and receiving feedback
Practicing effective assertiveness principles
- Leveraging a four-step process model
- Accurately assessing your situation
- Targeting desired outcomes
- Measuring results
- Launching Your Assertiveness Plan
Constructing an assertiveness action plan
- Adopting an attitude of responsibility and mutual respect
- Committing to timelines and outcomes
- Prioritizing changes in assertive behavior
Putting the "action" into the assertiveness action plan
- Constructing a blueprint for your action plan
- Reinforcing your newly developed assertiveness skills
- Scheduling time to assess progress
- Practicing assertive behaviors
- Modifying your action plan to accommodate change
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Tuition
Standard
Government
In Classroom or
Online
Standard
$2745
Government
$2415
Private Team Training
Course Tuition Includes:
Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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Earn 17 PDUs
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This course is approved by PMI® for 17 professional development units (PDUs). For more on the Project Management Institute and a full list of courses approved for PDUs.
Technical : 13 PDUs
Leadership : 1 PDUs
Business & Strategic : 3 PDUs