How to be Assertive In Any Situation

Sue Hadfield taught English in comprehensive schools for twenty years and has spent the last ten years teaching adults assertiveness, career and personal development skills at the University of Sussex and for community groups.  Gill Hasson works with people from diverse backgrounds and situations teaching community development, career and personal development, critical thinking and academic skills. She has written for Psychologies magazine and for the Open University.

• Part 1 What it means to be assertive 1 What does it mean to be assertive?   2 Feel good about yourself and make others feel good too   3 Say what you want and what you don’t want   4 How to deal with other people’s expectations and demands  Part 2 Putting it into practice 5 How to be assertive with your family  6 How to be assertive with your friends  7 How to be assertive at work  8 How to get good service  9 How to be assertive at interviews  10   How to be assertive in meetings 11   Help others to be assertive 12   How to deal with difficult people 13  How to make assertive decisions   Conclusion Appendix 1 Useful assertive phrases and quick responses Appendix 2 Courses and websites Index

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