I recently observed a powerful intervention in a kindergarten Zoom class. The teacher and students were discussing ways the children could show their best qualities in school. I assumed the ideas ...

My own experience understanding the need for assertiveness in business was working for a professional practice of accountants. Back in the 1990s in that fee earning type of culture, if you were not a ...

Organizational leaders who come across as low or high in assertiveness tend to be seen as less effective, according to a study coming out in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and Social ...

I kicked back at my all-time favorite coffee shop, nervously waiting for them to call my friend's double espresso macchiato. I pleasantly sipped my tea with a tad bit of guilt. He sprung up, walked to ...

Introduction: The emerging adult stage of life is a time of many positive changes, as well as stress and uncertainty. Certain psychological characteristics - such as emotional regulation, attachment ...

1 Faculty of Education, University of Pristina “Hasan Prishtina”, Pristina, Kosovo 2 Faculty of Education, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University—Bitola, Bitola, North Macedonia In this way, the ...

Everyone wants to be more confident, but not everyone knows how to be assertive. Assertive falls right between passive and aggressive. If you’re passive about voicing your opinion, you may come across ...

A prominent US think tank, the National Bureau of Asian Research, has just released a report on China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea that has received considerable publicity. It purports to ...