Assertiveness: Leading with Confidence and Respect

Your course, one useful move at a time.

1. 1Why assertiveness decides your seat at the table
   What assertiveness really is at the executive table, and what your function pays when you stay quiet.4:20
2. 2The assertiveness spectrum: where you slide under pressure
   The five-point spectrum, the stance behind each style, and the two places senior leaders slide when stakes rise.3:59
3. 3Respected, not just liked: what assertive leaders do
   Three myths that keep senior leaders quiet, and the six behaviors that make assertiveness visible to peers and the CEO.4:12
4. 4Three core techniques: boundaries, feedback and the clean no
   Three techniques for holding your ground with peers, directors and the CEO, and the exact words to use for each.3:51
5. 5Situation, Emotion, Request: assertive with peers and up
   A three-part formula for peers and bosses you can't instruct, how it relates to SBED, and your first one, drafted.3:42

All lessons are recorded.

How a lesson works

Each lesson is about five minutes, the slides with Andreas narrating, or audio only on your phone between meetings. It opens on one situation at the executive level, teaches one tool, and closes with your move: one thing to do before the next lesson. The full written lesson sits under the player, so you can read instead, or go back for the exact sentence you want to use.

Created and narrated by Andreas Pettersson. The narration uses an AI model of Andreas's own voice.

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