Assertiveness training develops a powerful relational skill set that can significantly enhance confidence, communication, and happiness in interpersonal relationships. By learning to think and act ...

A nagging concern that too many qualified business and professional women sit back and allow men to take the lead convinced former school teacher Betsy Thomason to create her own brand of ...

Reporting and writing the news demand courage. Or as Melvin Mencher, the legendary Columbia J-school professor put it: If you’re going to be a reporter you have to be counterphobic. Counterphobia, ...

Talk to anyone who is in business in Japan and "Abenomics" usually will enter the conversation. Structural and financial reforms seem to be the topic of the day. However, in the training world — where ...

For many people, the difference between being assertive and being aggressive is not the behavior itself, but the person doing it. How we feel about that behavior is not always consistent. In many ...

Liadan Hynes undertook an assertiveness training course with life coach Maria Jose Lynch and ended up with a complete lesson in life skills Living the life: Maria Lynch uses her background in ...

Navigating the various ups and downs of life is a big part of getting older, and navigating these situations while staying true to oneself takes practice and skill. As your young adult moves through ...

Writer and NYU professor Clay Shirky thinks women should "behave more like men" to get ahead in the world. "Not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant, self-aggrandising jerks," he ...