Time:
• First Coaching Session: 45minutes.
• Work Based Activity: 2-4 hours.
• Follow-up Coaching Session: 45 minutes.

Aims:
• To educate the coachee as to what assertiveness really means and the behaviours associated with passive, assertive and aggressive styles.
• To raise the coachee’s awareness of their own style and enable them to create an action plan that will help them develop their assertiveness skills.

Group Size:
This module is designed for a one to one coaching session.

Useful For:
Any member of staff who is failing to assert their own needs, whilst respecting the needs of others. This module is equally suitable for employees who are too passive in their behaviour and those who inappropriately use an aggressive style to assert their needs. It is important that the coachee comes to the first session having already agreed, perhaps as part of a performance review, that assertiveness is a skill they need and want to develop.

Notes:
The coach should be sensitive when discussing assertiveness with their coachee as a failure to be assertive can be caused by low self-esteem. Be very aware of your boundaries as a coach and do not enter into a counselling conversation.