Assertive Communication - Complete Course Collection

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

What you'll 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.

Requirements

A mind that welcomes change.

A will to make your opinion count in the social environment.

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 YouDealing With Criticism: The Assertive WayDelivering Constructive Criticism: The Assertive Way15 Assertive Rights and Principles Explained.Assertive Communication: Build The Independent YouCommunication 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 youRegain 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 OverviewThis 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 WayCommunication 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 relationshipsUnlock 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.Content and OverviewThis 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 WayCommunication 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 OverviewThis 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 EXPLAINEDCommunication 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.Access to Collection Updates as they happen.

Overview

Section 1: Assertive Communication: Build The Independent You

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 My Motivation for Critical Thinking and Assertiveness Advocacy

Lecture 3 About the Course

Lecture 4 What is Assertiveness?

Lecture 5 What is Assertiveness?

Lecture 6 When to use Assertiveness

Lecture 7 THE FIVE COMMUNICATION STYLES

Lecture 8 The Passive Style of Communication

Lecture 9 The Aggressive Style of Communication

Lecture 10 The Passive-Aggressive Style of Communication

Lecture 11 The Manipulative Style of Communication

Lecture 12 The Assertive Style of Communication

Lecture 13 THE ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

Lecture 14 THOUGHTS AND ASSERTIVENESS

Lecture 15 Thoughts and Emotions

Lecture 16 COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS - Introduction

Lecture 17 Dichotomous Thinking

Lecture 18 Overgeneralization

Lecture 19 Mental Filter

Lecture 20 Disqualifying the Positive

Lecture 21 Jumping to Conclusions

Lecture 22 Augmentation and Minimization

Lecture 23 Emotional Reasoning

Lecture 24 “Should” Statements

Lecture 25 Labeling

Lecture 26 Personalization and Blaming

Lecture 27 ASSERTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION - Introduction

Lecture 28 Expressing Emotions

Lecture 29 “I” Statements

Lecture 30 The Assertive “No”

Lecture 31 ASSERTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES - Introduction

Lecture 32 The Broken Record

Lecture 33 Free Information

Lecture 34 Self-disclosure

Lecture 35 FEEDBACK AND ASSERTIVENESS

Lecture 36 Constructive Feedback

Lecture 37 DEALING WITH CRITICISM - Introduction

Lecture 38 Fogging

Lecture 39 Negative Assertion

Lecture 40 Negative Inquiry

Lecture 41 ASSERTIVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

Lecture 42 CONCLUSIONS

Lecture 43 OUTRO AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Section 2: Dealing With Criticism: The Assertive Way

Lecture 44 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 45 About the course

Lecture 46 What is Criticism?

Lecture 47 Roles of Criticism

Lecture 48 Forms of Criticism

Lecture 49 Reactions to Criticism

Lecture 50 DEALING WITH CRITICISM – THE ASSERTIVE STRATEGY

Lecture 51 Stage 1 – The Attitude Toward Criticism

Lecture 52 Stage 2 – Analyzing the Critical Message

Lecture 53 Stage 3 – Responding to Criticism

Lecture 54 Assertive Communication Techniques to Deal With Criticism

Lecture 55 CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Section 3: Delivering Constructive Criticism: The Assertive Way

Lecture 56 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 57 About the Course

Lecture 58 ASSERTIVENESS AND GIVING YOUR OPINION

Lecture 59 Giving Your Opinion

Lecture 60 GIVING HELPFUL POSITIVE FEEDBACK - Introduction

Lecture 61 Effects of Helpful Positive Feedback

Lecture 62 What holds us back from giving Helpful Positive Feedback

Lecture 63 How to Give Helpful Positive Feedback

Lecture 64 What is Criticism?

Lecture 65 Roles of Criticism

Lecture 66 Forms of Criticism

Lecture 67 Reactions to Criticism

Lecture 68 WHAT IS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM - Introduction

Lecture 69 What is Constructive Criticism?

Lecture 70 What Constructive Criticism is not

Lecture 71 When to deliver Constructive Criticism

Lecture 72 DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM – THE ASSERTIVE STRATEGY

Lecture 73 Stage I - The Attitude Toward Constructive Criticism Delivery

Lecture 74 Stage II - Planning and Formulating the Critical Message

Lecture 75 Stage III - Analyzing the Critical Message

Lecture 76 Stage IV - Delivery & Follow-Up

Lecture 77 CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Section 4: 15 Assertive Rights and Principles Explained

Lecture 78 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 79 TOPIC OVERVIEW

Lecture 80 Right 1.

Lecture 81 Right 2.

Lecture 82 Right 3.

Lecture 83 Right 4.

Lecture 84 Right 5.

Lecture 85 Right 6.

Lecture 86 Right 7.

Lecture 87 Right 8.

Lecture 88 Right 9.

Lecture 89 Right 10.

Lecture 90 Right 11.

Lecture 91 Right 12.

Lecture 92 Right 13.

Lecture 93 Right 14.

Lecture 94 Right 15.

Lecture 95 Conclusion

Lecture 96 EXERCISE RECOMMENDATION

Lecture 97 Outro

Section 5: BONUS Lecture

Lecture 98 Bonus Lecture

Anyone who would like to learn how to activate The Assertive Style of Communication in order to increase their cognitive, emotional and relational independence.,Anyone who wants to learn how to deal with Criticism in a way that does not erode Self-confidence and Self-esteem.,Anyone who wants to learn how to deliver Criticism in a confident, non-aggressive manner.