Aggressive Passive or Assertive?
- Communicating
- Assertiveness
If your words say one thing and your body language says another, people will remember and believe the non-verbal clues.
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If your words say one thing and your body language says another, people will remember and believe the non-verbal clues.
Gentle assertiveness is founded on tolerance and respect for others.
Not only does assertive communication help us express our views and achieve goals but do so without hurting or alienating others.
Twenty strategies and approaches to get your needs met in the most effective manner!
Cut the waffle and get straight to the point – it will make a significant difference in the way you are perceived!
Assertiveness is often seen as one single form of behaviour. Here we look at alternative behaviours!
When you know you are supposed to “just shut up and listen,” and you really want to get your point across, you have options.
Ten simple tips for being more assertive in life or at work that you can use immediately!
Giving more insight into your feelings can easily change what might otherwise be an unhelpful impression!
So how can you say no without even using the word?
Allowing yourself to dismiss any fears you may have on acting assertively benefits you, your employee, and your bottom line.
It is important for you to define where you find your behaviour beneficial and where you find it a liability.
Can it be that in difficult and stressful situations assertiveness is really the best approach?
A lot of people just don’t like the idea of having to tell people they can’t do something.
If someone treats you in a disrespectful manner and you don’t stand up for yourself, then you tell them it’s okay to continue doing it!
When you are assertive you able to say ‘no’ with confidence and not feel guilty and give the other person an alternative for when a particular job, for example, can be discussed.
Being Assertive does not mean you have to dig your heels in just for the sake of it!
Sometimes by showing our assertiveness we end up coming across as rude, aggressive or downright belligerent!
We say that a boundary is not set until the other person hears, understands and respects it.
Standing up to bullying behaviour is easy to say yet hard to do. But if you don’t they’ll pick on you more!
Most of us tend to communicate in a way that was adaptive in the environment we grew up, but problematic in our lives today.
The accommodating negotiator undervalues his own worth and accomplishments and places top priority on maintaining peaceful relations with others.
There are some stereotypes that women cannot negotiate as well as men: that women are not as aggressive, that they take things too personally, or that they are not taken seriously.
Changing your mind is part of being an idiosyncratic, real person, therefore negotiations can change in mid-stream and become something completely different from where they started.