
Training Course:
Professional Assertiveness - [Key Notes]
Overview:
Do you feel that co-workers see you as too passive or aggressive in your professional
career? Do you wonder if there is a more appropriate professional style? Do you
want to know how to develop your professional style? Do you feel you could develop
your assertive communication techniques? Do you feel that you may not listen to
your co-workers? Or do you feel that you need to develop your constructive feedback
techniques? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's a good time to learn
to be an assertive business professional. This course will guide you as you move
into a proactive, responsible, professional style. You'll learn methods to help
you identify an appropriate assertive style and strategies to prepare you use that
style. You'll also learn how to implement the assertive style in your work environment.
You will learn how to develop your assertive communication technique by developing
your proactive listening and constructive feedback strategies. With the assistance
of this course, you'll no longer worry about being "too passive" or "too aggressive."
Target Audience:
Business professionals, managers, executives, & supervisors
Lesson Objective:
Becoming an Assertive Professional
- Recognize benefits of learning change strategies for becoming an assertive business
professional.
- Identify questions to ask to determine personal professional style.
- Match the methods for achieving an assertive professional goal with the corresponding
statements.
- Match the guidelines for modifying his or her personal professional style with
the corresponding statements.
Proactive Listening Strategies
- Recognize the value of learning proactive listening strategies.
- Assess an interaction in a business scenario to determine
whether someone was successful as an active listener.
- Assess an interaction in a business scenario to determine
whether someone was successful as an effective listener.
- Apply the appropriate methods for using assertive questioning in a given business
scenario.
Constructive Feedback Strategy
- Recognize benefits of using constructive feedback strategies.
- Assess an interaction in a business scenario to determine
whether someone successfully used the steps to clarify the feedback strategy.
- Assess an interaction in a business scenario to determine
whether someone successfully used the steps necessary to give positive feedback.
- Apply the appropriate methods for providing constructive
criticism in a business scenario.
- Match guidelines for saying no responsibly with corresponding
statements.
SkillSoft ID: COMM0171