Many of the top career challenges people face can be solved through the right type of communication: getting a promotion, changing jobs, holding employees accountable, managing own professional brand, being heard and seen, being taken seriously by team members, losing good employees.
The challenge is that people often feel like communicating what they want will come across as rude, unreasonable, or aggressive. So, they don’t speak up, and problems snowball into bigger frustrations.
But what if you could communicate what you want to say at work without being perceived as unreasonable, aggressive, offensive, or rude? What could that do for your career? A lot! That’s what these workplace situations show.
In this inspiring episode you’ll find out 10 real-life examples of what assertive communication can do for your career.
- Invisible and stuck -> Fast-track promotions
- Applied for a role and didn’t get it -> New role created
- Losing good employees -> Happy retained employees
- No promotion in 6 years despite hard-working, highly qualified, and indispensable -> Promoted to desired role on the spot
- Leader seen as aggressive -> Leader kept edge and effectiveness while being more liked
- Lack of confidence to participate in larger meetings with superiors -> Confidently speaking in any meeting
- Seen as rude when direct -> Seen as helpful when direct
- Employees were not taking manager seriously -> Authority as manager respected
- Stuck in uninspiring business function -> Change to new business function despite no prior experience
- Stuck as individual contributor -> Got first people manager role
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