Do you struggle to speak up for yourself at work? Do you feel talked over in meetings or unable to advocate for what you need? Is your career stagnating because you can’t project confidence and authority?
If you want to become more assertive, this transformative training course is the solution.
The High Costs of Workplace Passivity
Being overly passive at work can seriously hold your career back and lead to:
- Staying silent when you have valuable contributions to make in meetings
- Accepting unfair treatment or excessive workloads without pushing back
- Receiving poor performance reviews for “not being proactive enough”
- Being passed over for promotions and prime assignments
- Having your ideas stolen when you don’t speak up to claim credit
- Enabling underperforming team members by avoiding candid feedback
Passivity can also impact your organization through:
- Missed innovations when insightful perspectives aren’t shared
- Poor decisions when no one challenges flawed assumptions
- Toxic cultures when no one addresses problems openly
- Lower productivity when teams lack decisive leadership
While occasional diffidence is normal, common roots of excessive passivity include:
- Fear of seeming pushy or aggressive by speaking up directly
- Anxiety about how critical feedback will be received by others
- Lack of confidence in your own skills and judgement
- Difficulty saying no firmly but gracefully
- Tendency to avoid healthy conflict rather than engaging constructively
Why Our Assertiveness Training Delivers Real Results
There are many reasons our Assertiveness Skills Course drives professional impact:
- Seasoned Coaches – Our trainers have decades of leadership experience across various industries.
- Customized Content – We tailor realistic roleplays and examples to your organizational culture.
- Measurable Growth – We evaluate communication skill improvements through before-and-after assessments.
- Sustainable Change – We help you integrate new habits through extensive coaching and practice.
- Interactive Format – Practicing techniques in a safe space fosters active learning and retention.
- Nuanced Curriculum – We move beyond aggressiveness to teach savvy articulation and dialogue.
Master Nuanced Assertion Skills
In this empowering course, you will learn frameworks and techniques to:
- Project Confidence – Use open body language, modulated voice tone, and comfortable eye contact to convey self-assurance and poise. Understand how your nonverbal signals impact others’ perceptions. Practice entering conversations with a grounded, centered presence.
- Disagree Tactfully – Challenge ideas respectfully by focusing on content not personalities. Ask clarifying questions, acknowledge valid points, and highlight areas of agreement before offering alternative perspectives. Avoid accusatory language and keep an open, curious mindset.
- Receive Feedback – Listen attentively to critique without getting defensive. Pause, digest feedback fully, ask clarifying questions, and reflect before responding. Reframe criticism as growth opportunities to build self-awareness and expand your capabilities.
- Set Boundaries Gracefully – Transparently decline requests that overextend you while acknowledging the asker’s needs and offering reasonable compromises or alternatives when you can. Use “I” statements to take ownership of your limits without judgment.
- Provide Constructive Criticism – Frame feedback supportively as coming from a spirit of joint improvement, not condemnation. Be specific, balanced, and solution-oriented. Offer concrete guidance for positive change while acknowledging strengths and intentions. Check in on the impacts afterwards.
- Resolve Conflicts Collaboratively – Develop conflict resolution skills to turn clashes into collective problem solving focused on understanding all perspectives and needs in a non-judgmental way. Identify root causes, generate options, and integrate viewpoints to reach integrative solutions.
- Inspire Teams Decisively – Share your vision authoritatively by aligning it with team values and mission. Invite buy-in through authenticity, logic, clear expectations, and participatory decision making over control. Support team autonomy while providing direction.
- Negotiate Win-Win Deals – Find alignments between interests by having open, exploratory dialogues focused on shared goals. Develop creative solutions that satisfy all sides’ core needs, not just demands. Earn agreement through trust and transparency, not pressure tactics.
- Coach Peers and Mentees – Guide others’ success with care by actively listening, asking powerful questions, and offering encouragement along with respectful accountability. Cultivate their strengths while developing areas for growth. Boost their confidence and capabilities.
Transform Your Impact and Influence
With improved assertiveness, you will:
- Contribute More Impactfully – Sharing ideas builds leadership presence.
- Champion Yourself Confidently – Advocating for your needs accelerates your career.
- Inspire Teams Through Decisiveness – Leading with poise, integrity and vision creates followership.
- Build Trust and Credibility – Straightforward communication fosters authentic relationships.
- Negotiate Better Deals – Articulating needs earns win-win agreements.
- Coach and Develop Others – Supportive candor nurtures growth and talent.
Take the Next Step in Your Career
Stop leaving your potential on the table. Join our Assertiveness Training course to start communicating with savvy and confidence.
Contact us today to learn more and register. We offer in-person or virtual sessions to suit your needs.
Our coaches look forward to helping you find your voice, maximize your influence, and reach new heights.