The assertive chairperson
Featured in the The Assertiveness Skills Pack training manual
By Joanna Gutmann
Category: Communication Skills
Credit price: 2 download credits (Single user)
The relevance of assertive skills to chairing meetings is often underestimated. In fact, the very success of a meeting depends on the involvement of all participants, and assertiveness is an interpersonal skill which can strongly support such involvement. Assertiveness is a vital requirement, if the chairperson is to be sensitive to the needs and feelings of others, to draw out participants who are reluctant to contribute, and to deal with those who tend to dominate.
Participants discuss and practise the skills of chairing meetings assertively.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to discuss and practise the skills of chairing meetings assertively with participants, drawing out those who are reluctant to contribute and deal with those who tend to dominate.
- Themes:
- Assertive behaviour,
- Chairing meetings,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:55:00 |
| No of Pages: | 6 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with all staff who currently chair meetings of any size, or who are likely to do so in the future. All participants should have completed, ‘Rights in assertiveness’, and must have taken part in, ‘Behaviour styles’, or have undergone basic assertiveness training, to provide them with the background information and understanding to support this activity.
Download the training activity, The assertive chairperson as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Assertiveness Skills Pack