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Assertiveness Training for Women in Business

Get the tools and techniques you need to become more assertive and successful in your management role.

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The Key Issues

In a very often challenging world, it can be difficult to be heard and get your point across. In some industries, despite progress, there are still not enough women in key positions. What can you do to strengthen your assertiveness skills? How can you get your message across?

Assertiveness skills

Communication skills

Conflict management

Key Competences​

Learning to say no

Stress management

Work-life balance

The Right Programme for You

You are a woman in an international management role. You want to strengthen your assertiveness techniques, improve some weak points, and improve your overall communication skills.
  • Business Professionals
  • New Managers
  • Managers
  • Senior Managers

Highlights

Assess and identify your own assertiveness style preferences.

Get comfortable in your own S.K.I.N – support self-esteem, know self, initiate dialogue, negate negative self-talk.

Explore the 5 step model to express assertive language.

Learn, Practice and Use

  • Recognize the characteristics of the four key assertiveness styles
  • Assess your individual assertiveness style and how effective it is
  • Develop an action plan to overcome at least two of your personal obstacles to assertiveness
  • Learn how to capitalize on the strengths of your leadership style—and minimize weaknesses
  • Flex your leadership style preference to interact effectively and assertively with others
  • Incorporate assertiveness techniques into everyday tasks and actions
  • Learn stress and anger management techniques
  • Differentiate between verbal and non-verbal communication styles of men and women
  • Explore the 4 special assertiveness techniques: broken record, fogging, negative assertion and negative inquiry
  • Share your knowledge and challenges with your peers and MCE's highly experienced faculty

Programme Details

Assertiveness Training for Women in Business is a 3 day or 4 live online sessions hands-on training programme. The programme will be led by experienced women leaders with former experience in international companies. The programme focuses on assertiveness skills you need in your role today. It also looks at communication and conflict management and learning how to say no.

Eight Programme Modules

  • Distinguishing between passive, assertive, and aggressive behaviors 
  • Discussing how socialization affects your behavior in the business environment 
  • Identifying personal work situations and obstacles that challenge assertive behavior
  • Identifying your assertiveness style preferences 
  • Assessing and identifying strengths and weaknesses of your assertiveness style 
  • Knowing how value systems impact your assertiveness 
  • Identifying ways to reduce role conflict
  • Exploring the assertive components of becoming comfortable in your own S.K.I.N. (Support self-esteem; Know self; Initiate dialogue; Negate negative self-talk)
  • Understanding the three components of communication and factors that influence their impact 
  • Differentiating the verbal and nonverbal communication styles of men and women 
  • Applying active and reflective listening skills to build assertiveness techniques 
  • Listening and responding assertively to feedback and criticism
  • Demonstrating a five-step model to express assertive language 
  • Exploring four special assertive techniques: broken record, fogging, negative assertion, and negative inquiry 
  • Saying “no” and surviving 
  • Responding to common put-down statements 
  • Videotaping practice sessions
  • Reviewing the uses of strategic tools, models and techniques 
  • Applying assertiveness techniques to analyze and plan around your own must-solve situations 
  • Receiving feedback on your plan for addressing your must-solve situations
  • Assessing leadership styles 
  • Understanding five dimensions of centered leadership 
  • Identifying new ways to use assertive leadership in your personal and professional life
  • Techniques for dealing with anger
  • Preventing and coping with stress 
  • Applying a four-step model to improve personal level of work and life balance 
  • Discussing the nature and value of women support networks and resources 
  • Planning for continuing assertiveness growth
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Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

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Bettina
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Hausmann

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Hausmann

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