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Helping Clients Improve Communication Skills
Perhaps
the most valuable life skill that leads to personal and professional
success is the ability to communicate assertively. Especially in this
current climate in our country, in which we are exposed everyday to more
and more brashness and insensitivity, going over the basics of healthy
and respectful assertive communication will help therapists and clients
alike in improving their own corner of the world. Write a blog on how you would define assertive, aggressive, and non-assertive communication. Give examples of each type of communication.
Assertive communication means respecting other's different opinions and feeling confident to give own opinions; in addition, it always proceed when talkers are calm. For example, when we are in the conversation,even though we disagree other's opinion, we should give a positive feedback before we give our ideas. Non- assertive communication is opposite to assertive communication. In non-assertive conversation, talkers do not have their own ides, or they are shy to share ideas. Aggressive communication means that talkers do not care what other people are talking about; they just focus on themselves. For instance, they like interrupt other and say their own opinions if they do not agree with other's ideas. This is disrespectful.
ReplyDeleteCommunication is one of the basics of everything in life. without strong communication no one can successful in life. Assertive communication has many aspects like, family, business, school, friendship and relationship. You should be serious and try to control everything as well to have perfect assertive communications. Main things in communication is respect, motivation, understanding and etc. many communications such as aggressive communication never could stand for long lasting because they have no discipline framework to know how to respect each other to have a beneficial conversation.
ReplyDeleteDifferent type of communication can influence the result of conversation or convergence.It can be classified as assertive, aggressive and non-assertive communication.On the one hand, assertive and aggressive communication always show confidence during the conversation.Assertive and aggressive people are willing to participate in the discussion or lead the conversation.Although assertive and aggressive people make the conversation become more positive, they might ignore some non-assertive people which are passive in the conversation.non-assertive communication,on the other hand, are passive in the conversation.Non-assertive people are introverted so they don't express anything during the meeting.They always just listen when assertive and aggressive people are expressing their opinions.
ReplyDeleteBeing non-assertive in communicating means that you talk indirectly into topic; moreover, you find it difficult to express your idea into words clearly. Those people who are non-assertive often worried about their own thinking and idea; for example, students are not confident to ask their teacher for explaining more unclear points in their lecture. In contrast, an assertive communication might lead people to express clearly and confidently their own ideas; otherwise, they also show their respect to others who also speak up their thinking. For instance, in the meeting, the salesman presents his marketing plans for new product and at the end of the presentation, he listens for other coworkers'idea. Aggressive communication style is rude, threaten, blaming, and they force others to think similar as them. For example, a manager may fear and want you to complete your task even though you have talked to them about another project that you have to finish priority.
ReplyDeleteCommunication is the most valuable skill that leads to both personal and career success.The question is how to communicate effectively, and avoid ineffective factors which can bring a conversation to an end. There are three types of communication: assertive, aggressive and non-assertive communication which are needed to be differentiated in order to improve the effectiveness and quality of a conversation.Initially, Assertive communication is expressing one's opinions, feelings, attitudes and advocate honestly in a direct way; however, the expression should show respect to the rights of other people. For example, in a group assignment, there is a boy who always complain and makes excuse for his incomplete tasks. As assertive communicators, other members have the rights to show displeasure toward him and ask him to finish his work. Secondly, Non-assertive communication (Passive communication) is not expressing one's opinions, feelings, attitudes and advocate honestly, and allow other people to infringe. For instance, individuals who are non-assertive communicators usually let other people make the decision for them, even though they do not agree or like it, and end up with dissatisfied feelings or anger. Lastly, Aggressive communication is expressing one's opinions, feelings, attitudes and advocate in an violent way and try to dominate the others. To illustrate,when an employee proposes her two hard working project to the boss; however, he disagrees and asks her to edit the project. Instead of asking for reason, the employee start to yell and defense herself since she has spent two weeks for this project, and she thinks that her boss disrespect her work.
ReplyDeleteHow to arrive goals or finish works efficiently with two or more people of group? The communicate is basic methods, it also many type include assertive, aggressive, or non-assertive. Assertive is use direct ways, words or your face to express that you want, be sure or believe; for example, When you discuss one plus one equal two. You will use "must be" to be sure the answer. Non-assertive and assertive the meaning opposite, you usually use not sure words to express your opnion. Aggressive is use very strong or forceful ways to persuade, sometimes that ways will hurt someone; for instance, someone will do something in initiative for arrive goals or finish works, if the way just go straight and doesn't care anything, anyone, sometimes will hurt someone they don't know.
ReplyDeleteAssertive communication is one of the communication style which expressing the confident, polite behavior without frightened what to say anything they believe or want. In assertive communication, all the individuals are equal and treat respectful to each other.
ReplyDeleteFor example, an assertive manager always considers the rights, needs and wants of his staffs before he makes decision.
Assertiveness helps to build a good relationship at work and life.
Aggressive communication shows that the speaker always right, and they are harsh, usually interrupts the others, disrespectful of others.
For example, my boss is an aggressive boss, so he never listen to his co worker explain anything. he hates to be interruptted but he always interrupt the others.
Aggressive communication makes other people feel bad, angry and not show their idea for the coversation.
Non-assertive communication is the style which the people do not show the real emotion, they want to be accepted and like others choose for them some solution. Non-assertive communication includes looking down, talking little or talking with quite tone complianting, avoidding eye contact.
Non-assertive communication prevent people from creating new idea and reply on the other's opinion.
For example, in some company, the staffs often let their boss ask them what to do with the new project rather than they suggest the idea. the reason why they behave like that is to prevent the bad result, conflict and trouble.
Assertive communication:The speaker posscess and show enough confidence to listener, they always directly express thir own opinion, thought, feeling and attitude with a respectful and friendly way.
ReplyDeleteFor example, when a salesperson recommonded a product to me, he must show enough confidence to me to prove what excellent his product is with a assertive communication.
Non-assertive communication: On the contrary, in a non-assertive communication, the person who is a non-assertive one is always be a listener, they don't show and share his real thought, feeling, idea and opinion. He or she would like to hide his or her thought and emotion, because maybe he or she don't have enough confidence to support his or her words.
For example, a shy student who doesn't the answer of professior's question is afraid to share his idea and thought.
Aggressive communication:Someone try to persuade others to agree his idea with strong and intense emotion. Others' speeches and words are always ignored and interrupted by the aggressive speaker.
For example, a splenetic boss usually order his employees to do their jobs with his thought even though his thought is wrong.
Assertive is being confident. An assertive person is someone who behaves confidently and not afraid to say out loud what he want, and still show respect to others. For example, Even when a father who is a representative model of righteousness in a family say something wrong, an assertive child would stands up and give him the fact that he was wrong without hurting the father's feeling and self-esteem. Assertive means being able to stand up for your own or other people's right; On the other hand, Non-assertive is vice versa. Being non-assertive is to not expressing feelings or ideas, and ignoring the rights of people. A non-assertive person is someone who behaves emotionally dishonest and self-denying; as a result, the individual tend to be violated by others. For example, a non-asertive kid in school is easier to be bullied than others because he is could not stand up for his rights. Aggressive is more likes assertive, but in an inappropriate way. An aggressive person is also someone who behaves confidently and not afraid to say out loud what he want, but without respect to others in a violent way. For example, An aggressive person always keeps in mind that his personal right is above others and will do anything in order to keep it that way; therefore, an aggressive football player could easily get a red card for arguing violently with a referee or other players.
ReplyDeleteI would define assertive. People who is assertive will be more success than because they try to do anything what they think they can do. They usually ask or do to what they want to do; for example, in classroom a person who asks and doesn’t shy when he/she asks a teacher. It’s mean they will understand more than. Non-assertive, of cause is opposite to assertive. The people who like non-assertive will not good for their future and usually will not success for their life because they don’t have intrepid. They don’t want to build anything or do anything by they own. For example, when they want to do something, they always ask somebody to help all the time.
ReplyDeleteIf I have to define assertive, aggressive communication I would say it is an ineffective communication way that is using various of disrespectful expressions. For example, loud voice, saying disrespectful words, showing anger and distracting other's speeches. All these expressions will make the audience not listening anymore even if they pretend they listening. Also, non-assertive is an ineffective way to communicate but has a different definition which is lacking of expressing opinions and share ideas. For example, if the boss gave an idea for a new project and one of the coworkers immediately agreed without thinking an knowing how much is important his opinion jut to finish the discussion.
ReplyDeleteAssertive communication is the ability to express words in a direct way. Someone who can communicate honestly with negative or positive thought. For example, a sales person offers you different deals and you say thank you, but i'm not interested. Aggressive communication involves speaking in a disrespectful manner, expressing anger,or trying to dominate a conversation. For example, a teacher might tell her students that you all have to agree with my views and idea.
ReplyDeleteA non-assertive communication includes not expressing feelings, needs and ideas. For example, when the boss gives you a responsibility and you take up the task without knowing it.