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Communication Skills and Assertiveness Basics. Boost Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. Improve your Social Skills.

What you will learn

Identify the main five communication styles in yourself and others.

Know your assertive rights.

Identify and manage ten main cognitive distortions.

Express your emotions in an assertive manner.

Say “No” to unreasonable requests assertively.

Use assertiveness techniques in personal and professional communication contexts.

Provide constructive feedback.

Deal with criticism assertively.

Identify and activate assertive nonverbal cues.

Description

Communication Skills and Assertiveness Basics. Boost Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. Improve your Social Skills.

THE ASSERTIVE WAY Collection includes 4 courses that used to be provided as stand-alone elements of Assertiveness Training. You can now access them all at once in this series.

Included:

  • Assertive Communication: Build The Independent You
  • Dealing With Criticism: The Assertive Way
  • Delivering Constructive Criticism: The Assertive Way
  • 15 Assertive Rights and Principles Explained.

Assertive Communication: Build The Independent You

Communication Skills and Assertiveness Basics. Boost Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. Improve your Social Skills.

Learn the most effective style of communication and become more independent in your thinking, your emotions, and your social interactions.

Start building the Independent You right now through Assertive Communication.

· Learn how to guide your thinking in a way that boosts your confidence and self-esteem and that allows you to regulate your emotions better

· Learn how to build healthier relationships

· Communicate your opinions openly

· Deal with criticism and conflict efficiently

· Say NO and create time for the goals that truly matter to you

Regain the confidence in your inner power to create the future you want.

Assertive Communication is one of the top skills that people want to learn how to master, due to its extensive applications in both personal and professional contexts. Assertiveness is the key toward an authentic and independent life.

Thoughts, emotions and behaviors that rely on the assertive principles allow you to break free from toxic contexts and focus on your own significant goals.

Learn how to activate The Assertive Style of Communication and you will be able to approach personal and professional contexts in a confident, goal-oriented manner.

Content and Overview

This course is suitable for anyone who would like to learn how to activate The Assertive Style of Communication in order to increase their cognitive, emotional and relational independence.

While considering the multi-dimensional aspect of Assertiveness, the course will simultaneously address thinking patterns, the understanding of how these patterns shape our emotions and ultimately, how to project these inner events into observable behaviors, such as verbal and non-verbal communication and the overall management of social relationships.

We will first take a look at what Assertiveness is, the reasons why you should learn this complex skill, its benefits and when to use it.

Then we will zoom in into each of the five communication styles, so that you will be able to identify them in yourself and others.

We will then address the Assertive Rights or Assertive Principles and that will mark the passage to the practical part of the course.

You will learn how to identify and eliminate the main cognitive distortions and how thoughts and emotions are linked in the assertive realm.

Then we will get to the really interesting part, the actual techniques and strategies of the Assertive Style of Communication.

You will learn how to communicate in a more authentic and confident manner, how to efficiently deal with criticism and conflict, how to provide constructive feedback and how to make sure that your verbal message matches the non-verbal one.

And then you’ll be ready to go. The foundation for the Independent you would have been laid and you will have the main skills to start creating the life you want.

Dealing With Criticism: The Assertive Way

Communication Skills and Assertiveness Strategy. Emotional Intelligence. Social Skills. Self-confidence and Self-esteem.

Learn how to transform criticism into opportunity and protect your self-confidence and self-esteem levels.

Manage Criticism Effectively through this Assertive Communication Strategy.

· Learn how to think about criticism in a way that protects your self-esteem and confidence levels and that allows you to regulate your emotional responses better

· Learn how to analyze critical messages and discover their growth potential

· Silence the critical noise and focus on the goals that truly matter to you

· Respond to criticism efficiently and enjoy healthier relationships

Unlock the mindset that allows you to live a more authentic, independent and satisfying life.

Largely accepted as the most efficient mindset and communication style, Assertiveness provides the best guidelines we know for dealing with most personal and professional contexts. Management of criticism makes no exception.

The 3-Stage Assertive Strategy exclusively presented in this course addresses the entire process, from thoughts to emotions to behaviors, and aims at providing a framework in which the individual thrives and transforms negative feedback into a powerful self-development tool.


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Content and Overview

This course is suitable for anyone who would like to learn how to efficiently deal with Criticism, protect their self-confidence and self-esteem levels and discover the growth potential hidden in negative feedback.

Drawing on the multi-dimensional character of Assertiveness, the course addresses the activation of the assertive traits on three main levels: cognitive, emotional and behavioral, thus creating an extended framework for understanding, analyzing and responding to criticism.

The course is divided in two parts: An introductory, theoretical segment, in which we will take a close look at what criticism is, what personal and social roles does it hold in our lives, the forms in which it gets delivered to us and what efficient and inefficient reactions to criticism look like. The second part is a more practical one and it is where you will discover, step-by-step, The Assertive Strategy For Dealing With Criticism.

The Assertive Strategy For Dealing With Criticism includes three Stages –

The Attitude toward Criticism, Analyzing The Critical Message and Responding to Criticism, each of them comprising more steps to help create and activate the cognitive, emotional or behavioral traits that generate the most efficient responses to negative feedback.

Three specific Assertive Communication Techniques for dealing with justified and unjustified criticism are provided at the end of the course.

Then you will be ready to start implementing the Assertive Strategy, focus on the meaningful, silence the useless critical noise, and activate your resources to create the life you want.

Delivering Constructive Criticism: The Assertive Way

Communication Skills and Assertiveness Strategy. Interpersonal Feedback. Social Skills and Emotional Intelligence.

Learn how to make your critical opinions count in the social environment.

Deliver Criticism Effectively through this Assertive Communication Strategy.

· Learn to deliver feedback that matters and that boosts self-esteem, confidence and social trust levels.

· Learn how to think about criticism and criticism delivery in a way that takes both your rights and the rights of others into account.

· Communicate your helpful opinions openly and enjoy more authentic and healthier relationships.

Unlock the mindset and communication skills that allow you to create personal and social environments that facilitate individual and social growth.

Largely accepted as the most efficient mindset and communication style, Assertiveness provides the best guidelines we know for dealing with most personal and professional contexts. Delivery of criticism makes no exception.

The 4-Stage Assertive Strategy exclusively presented in this course addresses the entire process of Constructive Criticism Delivery, from thoughts to emotions to behaviors, and aims at providing a framework in which the individual actively and responsibly changes the inner and external environment for the better, through carefully crafted disclosure of opinion.

Content and Overview

This course is suitable for anyone who would like to learn how to efficiently deliver meaningful Criticism and transform negative feedback into a powerful social and self-development tool.

Drawing on the multi-dimensional character of Assertiveness, the course addresses the activation of the assertive traits on three main levels: cognitive, emotional and behavioral, thus creating an extended framework for understanding, analyzing and delivering both positive and negative feedback.

The course is divided in two parts: An introductory, theoretical segment, in which we will take a close look at feedback delivery in the assertive context, what Criticism is and isn’t and the way in which all of these elements influence constructive criticism delivery. The second part is a more practical one and it is where you will discover, step-by-step, The Assertive Strategy For Delivering Constructive Criticism.

The Assertive Strategy For Constructive Criticism Delivery includes four Stages –

The Attitude toward Criticism Delivery, Planning and Formulating the Critical Message, The Analysis of the Critical Message and the Delivery and Follow-Up processes, each of them comprising more steps to help create and activate the cognitive, emotional or behavioral traits that generate the most efficient communication techniques to convey helpful critical messages.

Then you will be ready to start implementing the Assertive Strategy, make positive changes in the world around you and motivate both yourself and others to achieve the desired personal and professional goals and build the life you want.

15 ASSERTIVE RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES EXPLAINED

Communication and Social Skills. Free Full Online Mini Course.

Discover the 15 Assertive Rights and Principles, and boost your communication and social skills.

Do you know your rights when it comes to everyday social interactions, beyond the legal aspects, and in addition to what we’ve come to know as “fundamental human rights”?

Did you know that asserting these rights in your daily communication with others is yet another way to ensure physical and psychological well-being? An important step of learning how to be more assertive is to make sure that your rights are respected in your everyday interactions, and also that your own actions do not infringe on the rights of others.

What you will learn:

– What is Assertiveness?

– 15 Assertive Rights and Principles

– How to implement each of the 15 assertive rights and principles in your daily life.

Watch now and take the first steps toward a more assertive you.

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Content

Assertive Communication: Build The Independent You

Introduction
My Motivation for Critical Thinking and Assertiveness Advocacy
About the Course
What is Assertiveness?
What is Assertiveness?
When to use Assertiveness
THE FIVE COMMUNICATION STYLES
The Passive Style of Communication
The Aggressive Style of Communication
The Passive-Aggressive Style of Communication
The Manipulative Style of Communication
The Assertive Style of Communication
THE ASSERTIVE RIGHTS
THOUGHTS AND ASSERTIVENESS
Thoughts and Emotions
COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS – Introduction
Dichotomous Thinking
Overgeneralization
Mental Filter
Disqualifying the Positive
Jumping to Conclusions
Augmentation and Minimization
Emotional Reasoning
“Should” Statements
Labeling
Personalization and Blaming
ASSERTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION – Introduction
Expressing Emotions
“I” Statements
The Assertive “No”
ASSERTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES – Introduction
The Broken Record
Free Information
Self-disclosure
FEEDBACK AND ASSERTIVENESS
Constructive Feedback
DEALING WITH CRITICISM – Introduction
Fogging
Negative Assertion
Negative Inquiry
ASSERTIVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
CONCLUSIONS
OUTRO AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Dealing With Criticism: The Assertive Way

INTRODUCTION
About the course
What is Criticism?
Roles of Criticism
Forms of Criticism
Reactions to Criticism
DEALING WITH CRITICISM – THE ASSERTIVE STRATEGY
Stage 1 – The Attitude Toward Criticism
Stage 2 – Analyzing the Critical Message
Stage 3 – Responding to Criticism
Assertive Communication Techniques to Deal With Criticism
CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Delivering Constructive Criticism: The Assertive Way

INTRODUCTION
About the Course
ASSERTIVENESS AND GIVING YOUR OPINION
Giving Your Opinion
GIVING HELPFUL POSITIVE FEEDBACK – Introduction
Effects of Helpful Positive Feedback
What holds us back from giving Helpful Positive Feedback
How to Give Helpful Positive Feedback
What is Criticism?
Roles of Criticism
Forms of Criticism
Reactions to Criticism
WHAT IS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM – Introduction
What is Constructive Criticism?
What Constructive Criticism is not
When to deliver Constructive Criticism
DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM – THE ASSERTIVE STRATEGY
Stage I – The Attitude Toward Constructive Criticism Delivery
Stage II – Planning and Formulating the Critical Message
Stage III – Analyzing the Critical Message
Stage IV – Delivery & Follow-Up
CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

15 Assertive Rights and Principles Explained

INTRODUCTION
TOPIC OVERVIEW
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Conclusion
EXERCISE RECOMMENDATION
Outro

BONUS Lecture

Bonus Lecture