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How To Be More Assertive

Online Assertiveness Training

Welcome to this online course on how to be more assertive.

This course has a simple structure:

There are a number of articles for you to read, covering various aspects of how to be more assertive.

These articles are listed on the right side of this and every subsequent article.
At the end of each article there is a question for you to think about or activity to try.

We strongly recommend that you don't skip these, but spend some time thinking about them, even if only a couple of minutes. They will improve the impact of the course on your level of assertiveness. It would be ideal if you were to work through this course with someone else. Discussing these questions with others is of significant benefit in becoming more assertive.
At the end of the series of articles there is an activity to produce a personal action plan.

Don't wait until the end. Start thinking from the start about the question: "what can I do differently to be more assertive?".

You will hopefully find much of these course interesting and of benefit. However, you may think that some of the approaches or techniques outlined in this course may not work for you. If that is the case as you are reading a page, don't skip the page and go to the next article. Rather, consider if there is a variation of the technique, or a 'subset' of the approach described, or an adaptation of it, that you can use. There is no benefit for you in critiquing the course. There is benefit for you in finding those parts of the course that you can use, and applying them in your daily life.

Overview of the Course

The course contains 13 sections, but these fall into 5 main categories:

An introduction to Assertiveness
Do I want to be assertive? A look at myself
Laying the foundations for good relationships with others: rights and responsibilities
A smorgasbord of techniques
Applying the lessons: a personal action plan

Throughout the workshop, make notes of important points as they occur to you. You will find them useful to refer to at the end of the course, when you review what you have learned and decide what you want to put into action.

NB: Some of the activities involve writing answers. You may therefore find it easier to print the article and write your answers on the print out. You can print these articles for personal use.

If you are a trainer, and want to print the articles for use in an assertiveness workshop, then please see details of permissions on the contact page. In summary, that page says the articles can be printed for use as handouts in exchange for a link to our website, but they cannot be electronically reproduced. More details are on the contact page.