Assertiveness Training and Coaching

Who Signs Up for Personalised Assertiveness Training and Assertiveness Coaching?

Assertiveness is a key personal and interpersonal skill.

Many professionals, managers, leaders and other executives find that assertiveness training or assertiveness coaching helps them build better relationships, reduce stress and get ahead in their careers. 

What is Assertiveness ?

​Assertiveness skills are helpful in many work situations; whether dealing with your boss, colleagues, subordinates, customers, clients and suppliers.
 
If you're assertive it means you're able to express what you feel and what you want in a clear, reasonable and open way, without undermining your own or others’ rights.

Those who behave assertively always respect the thoughts, feelings and beliefs of other people as well as their own.
Assertiveness skills can enable you to act in your own best interests and to stand up for yourself without undue anxiety.

When people have not developed assertiveness skills they may interact with their colleagues in passive, aggressive or passive-aggressive ways. By doing so they may trample over the rights of others and destroy relationships or they may feel eternally ‘put upon’, and risk lowering their self-esteem.

If You Experience any of the Following, Personalised Assertiveness Training and Coaching
​ will be invaluable
  • ​​You feel uncomfortable or anxious around confrontation, conflict or other difficult situations.
  • You have a hard time saying ‘no’
  • You 'ramble' around subjects and struggle to make your point.
  • You often find yourself staying silent to ensure ‘a quiet life’.
  • You make angry demands of people and they’re scared to be around you.

Passive, Aggressive and Passive-Aggressive 
​Behaviour at Work

What is Personalised Assertiveness Training ​and Coaching?

Assertiveness training courses typically teach assertiveness skills to mixed groups of people. Such courses can give you the 'basics' of assertiveness.

However, it’s likely that everybody in the group will find that some of the assertiveness strategies, tools and techniques will work for them and some of them won’t. After the course, attendees may still feel unprepared to be assertive in some situations. This is because our ability to assert ourselves is influenced by the personality we inherit, our upbringing and our life experiences. 

Personalised assertiveness training and coaching with me, not only gives you effective strategies, tools and techniques that will support you in your working life. In addition, I will explore your individual patterns of assertiveness or non-assertiveness.  This will mean I can help you develop further assertiveness skills that will help you play to your unique strengths and help you overcome any personal challenges you have in asserting yourself.

Assertiveness Training and Coaching Can Help You To :-
  • Express your feelings, wishes, desires and wants honestly and appropriately.
  • Overcome childhood conditioning that reinforced non-assertive behaviours.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely so that things get done.
  • Communicate confidently and more effectively.
  • Stand up for yourself and express your personal rights.
  • Use language and body language more effectively so that others are more likely to listen to you and give you a fair hearing.
  • Set personal space boundaries and set internal boundaries.
  • Set boundaries for others.
  • Deal with 'manipulative' people.

If you'd like to assert yourself more effectively at work, let’s have a chat about your situation and how personalised assertiveness training and coaching with me can give you the skills you need and help you overcome your individual barriers to assertiveness.

Assertive Behaviour at Work

Further Benefits of Assertiveness Training and Assertiveness Coaching
Undertaking personalised assertiveness training and assertiveness coaching with an executive coach like me will empower you to:-
  • Enhance your reputation and increase your impact at work so that you get the promotions and pay rise you desire.
  • Develop the skills to deal with difficult behaviour or underperformance in others so that you become a more effective manager.
  • Develop the skills to handle criticism of your behaviour or performance at work so that you can use this information purposefully for your self-development.
  • Increase your confidence as you to deal with others on an equal basis regardless of your respective roles.
  • Enjoy more meaning, satisfaction and fulfilment at work as you're able to express yourself more fully in your role.​  ​