This course enables participants to communicate assertively in the workplace and, in turn, enhance performance from an
individual, team and organisational perspective.
Why Assertiveness Training is so important
Assertive communication is essential for effective performance and wellbeing in the workplace. Activities such as giving and receiving feedback, performance management, and building relationships with internal and external customers are crucial to professional and personal success.
Assertive communication can be fundamental to improving people’s ability to work together, negotiate and achieve workable compromises straightforwardly. It enables individuals to communicate clearly and confidently, reducing conflict and creating a culture of open communication.
This course is engaging and includes a variety of practical exercises.
Key Benefits of attending this course
- Increased confidence and more effective decision making
- Improved influencing skills
- Enhanced customer satisfaction through clear and confident communication
- Problems solved through co-operation and communication
- Individuals empowered to develop, identify and deliver the best solutions
- Assertive behaviour can reduce stress and increase wellbeing
- Communication becomes clearer and more concise, reducing misunderstandings and clarifying expectations both with customers and between colleagues
Who would benefit from attending this course?
Anyone who wants to improve their communication skills and their ability to influence others.
The course content and capacity can be customised for individuality and to ensure organisations’ specific learning criteria are met. Consultancy in assertive communication at work is also an option either as a standalone service or in conjunction with training.
Course Overview
- The benefits of assertive communication
- The importance of professional confidence and assertiveness in the workplace
- How our belief systems influence our communication
- Individual communication styles
- The link between non-assertive behaviour and confidence
- Understanding and meeting the needs of others
- Analysis of individual strengths and weaknesses in communicating assertively
- Distinguish between assertive, aggressive and passive behaviour
- Assertion through verbal and non-verbal communication
- Identification of individual strategies to improve communication
- How to negotiate and reach a workable compromise
- How to improve communication with internal and external customers
A testimonial for the Assertive Communication at Work Course:
"The course helped with managing my inner dialogue, and thinking about how to take a step back, and think about problems in a less emotional, more constructive way."
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