Assertiveness Practice Worksheet

Practice clear, respectful “no” and need-requests with guided prompts and scripts designed by relationship coaches to reduce people-pleasing.

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When to Use This Tool

A client says yes when they mean no and struggles to ask for what they actually need

Someone rating their assertiveness across seven dimensions and practicing with a real scenario

Scripting the facts, feeling, request, and consequences before a difficult conversation

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Tool Classification

Domain

Relationships

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Action

Details

30 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Communication Identity

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1 Senior leader who accommodates peers but not direct reports

Context

Your client is a VP who scores themselves high on assertiveness in most contexts but consistently capitulates in peer-level cross-functional meetings. They have no trouble redirecting direct reports or holding positions with subordinates. The pattern is specific: when facing peers with equal or adjacent authority, they fold on positions they believed going into the meeting.

How to Introduce

Frame this as calibration, not development. 'You are clearly capable of assertiveness - the question is what's different...

2 People-pleaser who experiences physical symptoms before direct conversations 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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