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Assertiveness The Self-Help Resource Library provides a media library of personal growth and academic skills programs available to students, faculty, and staff at George Mason University. Media programs may be used in the Learning Services media lab during the hours the lab is open. Faculty and staff at Mason may check out programs overnight or over a weekend. Students may check out programs to use for classroom or group presentations. These programs are not for sale or rent or otherwise available to persons outside of the University. If the program is marked with an asterisk (*), ask the receptionist for the handout or written materials that accompany it. |
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Dance of Anger: A Women's Guide To Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships (3 hr.*)
Learning to be more assertive requires effective handling of conflicts or disagreements. This tape presents strategies for effective handling of the negotiating process. You will learn how to get what you want without giving in or straining your relationship with others. (Audio)
Getting to Yes: How to Negotiate Agreement Without Giving In (50 min.)
Learning to be more assertive requires effective handling of conflicts or disagreements. This tape presents strategies for – effective handling of the negotiating process. You will learn – how to get what you want without giving in or straining your – relationship with others. (Audio)
Making Yourself Heard: A Guide to Assertive Relationships (30 min.)
Learn how to become more assertive in your relationships with others.
Express yourself more clearly and effectively, and learn how to feel good
about the decisions you make. (audio)
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others
and Resolve Conflicts (own pace)
A skills handbook that can help eliminate communication problems. The twelve
most common road-blocks and their damaging effects on relationships are
described. Ways to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve
conflicts and work out problems with others are also explained in this handbook.
(book)
Negotiating Strategies and Tactics (60 min.)
Learn 21 ways to prepare, develop power and influence, find win-win situations,
persuade, and much more. (video)
Responsible Assertion: A Model for Personal Growth (28
min.*)
This tape demonstrates the different consequences of non-assertive, aggressive,
and assertive behaviors, and suggests how to maximize your own personal
assertiveness. (video)
Successful Negotiating (25 min.)
Become a more successful negotiator. You'll be taught the art of win-win
negotiating -- without stressful haggling, pressure tactics or adversarial
confrontations. (video)
Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living (own pace)
Your Perfect Right is a practical assertiveness training course, that helps
the non-assertive speak-up and the aggressive to tone down. (book)
Shyness and Assertiveness (20 min.*) See description under Shyness.
