Interpersonal Assertion: Steps to Success

You already know how important assertion is in bullying prevention. But, sometimes taking that first step is the hardest part when you’re trying to do something important like become more assertive. It’s overwhelming to think about and remember everything you must do in order to have success becoming assertive. You [...]

By |2017-12-15T09:38:05-06:00December 9th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: Steps to Success

Interpersonal Assertion: 5 Keys to Becoming Assertive

By now, you know that you must develop an assertive communication style in order to prevent bullying. But while it’s easy to make goals, actually achieving your goals is the hard part. Maybe you don’t know the first step, or any of the steps to become assertive. Or, perhaps you [...]

By |2017-12-10T15:18:20-06:00December 4th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: 5 Keys to Becoming Assertive

Interpersonal Assertion: Personal Inventory

Identify your communication style through this personal inventory in order to start communicating assertively. Now you can see the importance of being assertive as well as avoiding aggression and deference. A main reason for this is that the assertive communication style is key in bullying prevention. Now take a minute [...]

By |2017-12-04T09:40:40-06:00November 28th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Life Skills, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: Personal Inventory

Interpersonal Assertion: Overcoming Obstacles

Change Isn’t Easy, but It’s Worth it. “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force.” That’s Newton’s First Law of Motion. Basic science tells us that resistance is a common response to change, whether we’re talking [...]

By |2017-11-27T09:36:05-06:00November 19th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: Overcoming Obstacles

Interpersonal Assertion: Communication Styles

Assertion is a way of communicating with other people. But, as you can probably guess, it’s not the only way to communicate. While assertive people can communicate or send messages openly and clearly, people with aggressive or deferring communication styles cannot. Aggression (anger) and deference (fear) are negative communication styles [...]

By |2017-11-17T09:39:43-06:00November 12th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: Communication Styles

Bullying Prevention & Interpersonal Assertion

Interpersonal assertion plays an essential part in bullying prevention. Assertion involves insisting on one’s own rights without taking away the rights of others. This skill helps people clearly explain their wants, needs, and feelings to other people. It also provides a way for people to get what they want without violating, [...]

By |2017-11-12T15:00:10-06:00November 9th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Bullying Prevention & Interpersonal Assertion

Empathy – Accepting Others

Often times, bullying occurs because people don’t know how to accept others into their environment. This makes teaching acceptance key for bullying prevention. Acceptance is the ability to see that others have a right to be their own unique self. They have a right to their own feelings, thoughts, and [...]

By |2017-09-29T16:37:30-05:00September 29th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Empathy – Accepting Others

Empathy: Caring

By now, you know that empathy lies at the heart of bullying prevention. Empathy opens communication and understanding while building strong relationships. Being able to empathize though is just the first step. The real goal of practicing empathy is to get people to actually care about one another. The idea [...]

By |2017-09-18T12:53:54-05:00September 18th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Empathy: Caring

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