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This course enables participants to communicate assertively in the workplace and, in turn, enhance performance from an
individual, team and organisational perspective.
Course Context
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 ensure both professional and personal success.
Assertive communication can be fundamental to improving people’s ability to work together, negotiate and achieve workable compromises in a straightforward manner. 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.
- Duration: 1-day course
- Capacity: 12 recommended for optimum results
- Availability: All of our in-house courses are delivered by our UK wide network of trainers
- Customisation: The content can be tailored to meet an organisation’s individual requirements
Who Is It For?
Any member of an organisation would benefit from Assertive Communication at Work training.
Key Benefits
- 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
Course Content
- 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
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