Q: As a manager, I always strive to maintain a professional demeanor in discussions with employees. But when critical and judgmental people try to twist the meaning of my words, I tend to freeze and ...

Your management style sets the tone for your team in terms of how you lead and the results you will yield as a group. If you are calm-assertive type, you have a very clear idea of the procedures in ...

Most managers take a "let HR sort things out" approach when "It" hits the fan. By then, it's way too late because HR can only do damage-control at best. Janove has a front-line, manager-level approach ...

I was coaching a client recently who told me that in her performance evaluation, the manager she reported to told her she needed to be "more assertive" in her communication. Interestingly, just a few ...

How can you avoid falling into the easy trap of being a dominant or a passive manager, and inspire your staff team to get the job done? With assertiveness, says training consultant Sue Churchill.

It's not easy to be assertive: to stand up for your needs; to communicate to others what you really feel, especially when you know it might conflict with their point of view. But assertiveness is ...

Some people are shy, timid, unsure of themselves, or introverted to the extent that they don't speak up when it would be in their best interest to do so--for example, when a manager is looking for ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have attributed their successes to one simple rule: focus. But, in a technology-driven society where ...