The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Assertiveness for Maximum Impact

Recommended for:

New managers or team leaders who need to assert their position. Technical specialists who feel they lack authority and impact when dealing with other people. Support staff who need to manage conflicting demands and priorities. People who believe, or have feedback that, they behave too passively or aggressively at work and want to develop a new approach.

Course overview:

Do you sometimes find it hard to speak up or make yourself heard in meetings? Are there times when you let your emotions govern your behaviour? If so, then you will gain a tremendous amount from learning to think, feel and behave assertively. This 2-day programme gives you essential skills and techniques and helps you develop the underlying beliefs to take greater control of your life.

Course benefits:

By the end of the course you will be able to: 

  • confidently express your views and opinions
  • ask for what you want in a way that gets listened to
  • say no to unreasonable requests
  • stand your ground in the face of resistance or manipulation
  • deliver difficult messages without undue emotional interference
  • choose more successful responses when faced with aggressive or passive behaviour

 

Additional information:

If you have a group of people who require training, this course is particularly suited to in-house delivery.

For more information call our In-Company Solutions team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202