Number 4 on the Assertive Bill of Rights: You Have The Right To Change Your Mind.

We love this one – it’s one of the Big Three! Lynn said this is the one that gets her into trouble with people all the time. “If I say yes, or okay, I’m making a decision based on the information I have at the time.” ...

Assertiveness + Responsibility = Better Relationships

Continuing our series on how to become more assertive, we know that assertive behavior establishes and maintains healthy boundaries without demanding a specific response or course of action from another person. When you adopt an assertive mindse...

Is it just semantics?

In our last blog, we talked about your right to judge yourself and stated that we did not agree with the beginning phrase of that principle. To provide a common understanding of what we're talking about and more context around our words, let’s explore that a bit. Please note t...

This is the first in a series of blogs unpacking the information we shared on December 14, 2021, “How to be More Assertive in Life.”  Please refer to that blog for an overview of assertive behavior.

What is Assertiveness?

What is assertiveness?  It’s almost easier to say what it isn’t!  Assertive ...

What assertiveness really means

Before we get started, let’s clean up a common misconception about assertiveness. Assertiveness is not the ability to have things go your way. Practicing assertive behavior will not increase the likelihood that people will do things you want them to. But it will help...

Everyone wants to be known as someone others can rely on, without a doubt, in any situation. But trustworthiness isn’t something easy to learn in a video course. That’s because your trustworthiness rests on a combination of different life principles that require time and experience to develop. This ...

Is it possible to stop gossiping?

Yes. Learning the difference between gossip and effective feedback is essential. Once you (and your team) understand how to deliver and receive feedback directly, the desire to use gossip to express feelings will fade away.

Gaining the ability to move from gossipi...

The art of influencing others can’t be learned through reading or strategy tips alone. It must be lived, experienced, and refined in your daily activities. The path to becoming a person of influence connects to many other areas of life as well. You’ll need to invest time and energy in developing you...

 When we’re not taken seriously, it is a reflection of a gap in our relationship to the person in question. Flip this around, and it’ll make more sense. Think of people you don’t take that seriously. Why is that? It could be because they’ve acted unreliably in the past, so you doubt them. You may no...

When we ask people what one of their biggest problems at work is, it doesn’t take long before “dealing with a problem coworker” comes up. Almost every time, the reason people have problems with coworkers is because their coworkers don’t treat them the way they want to be treated. 

Many times, these...

What does a high-performance culture look like?

Company cultures with the highest performance all share one thing: highly engaged employees. The best method for fostering employee engagement is to create a work environment where employees feel a sense of fulfillment from their work experience. And ...