Confidence and assertiveness: the chicken and the egg
There's no doubt it's easier to act with assertiveness at work if you're feeling confident. It's also true, however, that acting assertively will make you feel more confident. The right training can start you on a virtuous spiral where more confidence leads to more assertiveness which leads to more confidence which leads… you get the idea!
The inner and outer games of confidence and assertiveness
Our training looks at both how to feel more confident and more assertive (the inner game) and how to look/act more confident/assertive (the outer game). Each feeds off the other, supporting it.
We look at a range of tools from the practical and pragmatic (eg: sounding confident by using the right kind of voice) to the more philosophical and emotional (eg: finding the right motivators to act with assertiveness for yourself). By the way, don't confuse assertiveness with aggression - the two have very little to do with each other and aggression can lead down a very negative path of confrontation, undermining confidence and leading to conflict at work.
Confidence in our training
Like all our courses, we're so confident about it being useful that if the people on the course on the day don't think it's been worthwhile, we won't charge you. How's that for confidence? If you want to put that confidence to the test, email about confidence assertiveness training.
