Increase your assertiveness

Do you find saying no the hardest thing there is? By being more assertive in life, you prevent yourself from overstepping your boundaries too often. In this assertiveness training you will learn to stand up for yourself in a friendly but powerful way. Discover what assertive behavior exactly means – and what it is not – and learn to say clearly and directly what you do and do not want. Including inspiring videos with assertiveness expert Nienke Verhoeven.

Contents of this online training

Assertive or not
In this session, assertiveness expert Nienke Verhoeven shows what assertive behavior exactly means and what it is not.

What do you want to achieve?
You formulate for yourself what you want to achieve at the end of the training and identify what is currently preventing you from responding assertively.

Assertive language
Being assertive is daring, but it is also technique: knowing which words to use and how to stand powerfully towards someone.

Why isn't stupid
You often know what you want, but you find it difficult to express it. Because you don't want to offend the other person or make a fuss. In this session you will deal with these types of obstacles.

Obstructive thoughts
You often know what you want, but you find it difficult to express it. Because you don't want to offend the other person or make a fuss. In this session you will deal with these types of obstacles.

Use the stop button
You want to be assertive, but sometimes a question catches you by surprise. There is a solution for that: the stop button. This is how you deploy it.

Off we go!
Assertive behavior consists of more than just responding to others: responding to people and situations yourself is also part of it.

Loose ends
You probably have a few: loose ends. Situations in which people around you have done something that you did not like. But you haven't said anything yet.

Balance of interests
An important part of assertive behavior is being able to listen to the opinions of others with respect and understanding.

Resolving contradictions
You have assertively said what you want. Your conversation partner also responds assertively: he says that he completely disagrees with you. What now?

Assertive in difficult situations
You are presented with a number of difficult situations, on video. Imagine that the person addressing you is standing in front of you at this moment. How do you respond?

How much have you grown?
In this session the time has come to look back. What have you achieved and what things do you still want to learn?

Take control

This is what you will learn:

• Stand up for yourself better
• Say no without feeling guilty
• Finding balance between your own interests and those of others
• What assertive language is
• When you find being assertive difficult