Assertiveness & Self Confidence Training
= Scheduled class
= Guaranteed to run
= Fully booked
| LOCATION | November | December | January | February |
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| Auckland | ||||
| Hamilton | ||||
| Christchurch | ||||
| Wellington | ||||
| Virtual Class |
PD Training’s Assertiveness and Self Confidence Course in New Zealand teaches you how to become more confident and comfortable with personal assertiveness, how to cope with other people's negativity and how to respond when someone else is being overbearing or aggressive towards you.
In this empowering course, you also learn how to approach both difficult topics and topics you’re passionate about with constructive approaches, including how to say “no” without being portrayed as “offensive,” how to use body language effectively, how to express your views and disagreements positively and much more.
You will learn about your own personality type as well as other personality types and how to engage others in an entirely new way that provides a path to better communication and improved self-confidence and assertiveness.
This is a practical class that is suitable for all audiences, and provides participants with tools they can apply on-the-job (and in other contexts) the very next day.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
In this course participants will:
- Understand what it means to be assertive and self-confident
- Learn that it's okay to speak up and to stand up for what they believe
- Gain techniques to confidently express opinions & needs
- Learn to say 'no' without being rude or seeming disinterested
- Recognise that you are important and that your opinions are valid and worthy of consideration
- Learn to identify & eliminate negative thinking and self talk
- Become a more effective communicator
- Learn to set achievable goals in line with personal values
- Discover how to "feel the part", "look the part", "sound the part" and "become the part"
- Be able to recognise and deal with difficult behaviours in other people
This Assertiveness and Self Confidence Training Course empowers people with the confidence to be “heard”. You will also learn enhance and develop techniques to communicate politely and assertively without being pushy.
After completing this course, participants will have learned to:
Topic 1: Me, We – Making Your Mark
- Understanding Self-Confidence
- Understanding Me
- Understanding Others
- Reflection
Topic 2: How We Behave – Thoughts And Responses
- The good, the bad and the ugly
- Doubt
- Realistic Concern and Doubt
- Projecting Self Confidence
- Reflection
Topic 3: Communicating With Confidence
- What you say
- How you say it
- Listening
- Reflection
Topic 4: Self Confidence – Building It And Rebuilding It
- Building on your Strengths
- Confidence Spoilers
- Building Confidence – four areas of focus
- Workplace Challenges to Self Confidence
- Reflection
Topic 5: Mastering Assertiveness – When And How To Use It
- Your Rights
- Getting over saying ‘no’
- Ways of Saying No
- Being Assertive Towards your boss
- Reflection
Topic 6: We’re All Different – Asserting In A Global World
- The cultural dimension of assertiveness and self-confidence
- Social Media and Self-Confidence
- Reflection
Topic 7: Reflections
- Create an Action Plan
- Accountability = Action