Book List

The Assertiveness Workbook:
How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself
at Work and in Relationships
Randy J. Paterson Ph.D.


Book Description
This self-directed program teaches readers to speak up and
say what they mean at work and at home. Written supportively,
it uses proven cognitive behavioral techniques to help individuals
build self-confidence, set boundaries, and
determine appropriate responses.



Complete Idiot's Guide to Assertiveness

by MBA, CMC, Jeff Davidson

Book Description
This book gives a boost to anyone who has has felt paralyzed
in the face of an opposing viewpoint or an imposing individual.
Individuals can at last express their ideas, stand up
for themselves in relationships (spouses, parents, in-laws, kids)
and at work (managers), and get attention in the business world.
Readers learn how to build self-confidence and find out
when its appropriateand often essentialto be assertive.

Jeff Davidson, MBA, CMC, is author of 18 books,
including The Complete Idiots Guide to Managing Stress
and The Complete Idiots Guide to Managing Your Time.
He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Self-Assertion for Women

Pamela E. Butler

ANNOTATION Reissued with a new preface by the author, this bestselling guide offers practical advice with realistic dialogues and step-by-step exercises that show women how they can attain liberation, power, and respect without forsaking their femininity. Dr. Butler gets to the roots of self-esteem with principles that apply to all women and to any situation. Originally published in 1976. FROM THE PUBLISHER The bestselling assertiveness guide that shows women how to get what they want—reissued with a new preface by the author. Self-Assertion for Women offers practical advice with realistic sample dialogues and step-by-step exercises showing women how they can: learn to communicate clearly and effectively protect themselves from misread signals in public, as well as intimate, situations maintain professional authority without becoming aggressive deal appropriately with sexual harassment express positive and negative feelings without anxiety set boundaries and assert themselves freely while maintaining loving relationships identify "assertiveness blind spots" Butler's strategies can be applied by all women in any situation that requires direct, effective, and positive action. Real Solution Assertiveness Workbook by Richard H Pfeiffer Most people can be assertive in some situations, and yet not be effectual in others. The Real Solution Assertiveness Workbook expands the number of situations in which a person can choose to be assertive. When a person is passive, opportunities are lost and unpleasant situations are tolerated. In time, bad feelings can build to a point where one more event can trigger an explosion of resentment that in turn provokes criticism or rejection. Most people can be assertive in some situations, and yet not be effectual in others. The Real Solution Assertiveness Workbook expands the number of situations in which a person can choose to be assertive. When a person is passive, opportunities are lost and unpleasant situations are tolerated. In time, bad feelings can build to a point where one more event can trigger an explosion of resentment that in turn provokes criticism or rejection. Graduated homework assignments allow participants to apply their newly acquired skills. SKILLS AND CONCEPTS Learning to Identify your own behavior as Assertive, Aggressive, or Passive Learning to distinguish between the Three Modes of Communicating Defining criteria for measuring change in Assertive Behavior Identifying mistaken traditional assumptions and Countering them with Assertive Rights Broken Record Technique Confronting your fears about being Assertive Acknowledgement Clouding Probing Content-to-Process shift Time Out Slowing Down Assertive Position Statement Assertive Listening Assertive Position Statement - Expressing and Listening Workable Compromise Three Modes of Communicating Basic premises Underlying the Three Modes of Communicating Criticism as a Form of Manipulation GOALS To learn assertive communication skills used in a variety of settings to improve your relationships. To distinguish assertiveness from aggressive and passive communication. To distinguish assertive rights from myths about assertive behavior. To explore your fears about being assertive.