Self-Advocacy: Be Your Own Champion

Cultivate your assertive communication skills to effectively advocate for yourself and your needs in work and life.

4.44 (1716 reviews)
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Self-Advocacy: Be Your Own Champion
9,705
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43 mins
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Nov 2023
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What you will learn

Define self-advocacy and its value in work and life

Differentiate between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication

Discover your typical communication style

Practice a method for setting and achieving goals

Recognize self-advocacy bad habits that may be holding you back

Identify strategies to communicate more assertively

Establish when and how to say no

Identify how to find a sponsor

Description

Have you ever said yes to something you really wanted to say no to? Have you ever kept quiet when you should have spoken up? Do you want to discover ways to stand up for yourself, confidently assert opinions, and get more of what you want?

I'd bet that you said "YES!" to one or all of those questions! All of the situations mentioned above require self-advocacy, the ability to advocate successfully for your own wants and needs. Self-advocacy is an essential skill in work and life. You are the one person best suited to look out for your own interests. The more you can speak up for yourself, using your voice to communicate confidently and assertively with others, the better conditions you will create to achieve your goals.

So we all need to self-advocate. But how do we get there? In this course, you'll:

  • Define self-advocacy and its value in the workplace

  • Create a self-advocacy goal to focus on what you want to achieve

  • Determine and reflect on your personal communication style

  • Differentiate between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication

  • Discover The GROW Model, a framework to help you set and achieve goals

  • Recognize self-advocacy bad habits that may be holding you back

  • Identify strategies to communicate more assertively

  • Establish when and how to say no

  • Identify how to find a sponsor

I built this course with plenty of activities so you can put what you're learning into practice. You'll spend some time reflecting on who you are, figuring out what you want, and creating a plan to make it happen. By the end of this course, you'll have a toolkit of assertive strategies to effectively advocate for yourself.

In my career, I've seen firsthand how important self-advocacy can be. You can't simply wait for things to happen - you need to make them happen by expressing yourself and standing up for what you want. Depending on where you're starting on your self-advocacy journey, this may seem daunting. And that's ok! But as your instructor, I'm here to tell you IT IS possible. You CAN be your own champion.

Please join me in this course to found out how!

Content

Introduction

Welcome!
[DOWNLOAD] Your Participant Guide
Activity: Your Self-Advocacy Goal

Who I Am

Activity: What's Your Communication Style?
Passive vs. Aggressive Communication
Assertiveness and Self-Advocacy
Activity: Your Self-Advocacy Boundaries

What I Need

The GROW Framework
Activity: Your Turn to GROW

How I Get It

Self-Advocacy Bad Habits
Assertive Strategies
Activity: Your Assertiveness Toolkit
How To Say No

Conclusion

Next Steps: Find a Sponsor
Thank You!

Reviews

Karen
October 26, 2023
The course did meet my expectations. I can start to use the strategies for self-advocacy and see what works and what doesn't. But I have options to explore and practice. Those strategies can be recognized, which might it easier to find a sponsor who manages those strategies well.
Debjani
September 29, 2023
It was an excellent course. Some note worthy points that can be used to advance in our careers and personal lives
Marjorie
September 6, 2023
There was a lot of good information in this course that will help me modify and develop my communication skills for self advocacy
Clare
August 11, 2023
Loved this course, found it really straight forward to follow and easy to put your learnings in to practice. The sections on answering questions and then providing feedback to others answers was great too and helped to concrete the learnings from the modules. Highly recommended, just make sure you take the time to complete the booklet as I found this helped get the best from the course.
Rita
August 8, 2023
Clear explanations of the material there are practical applications that are being outlined. The instructor is engaging and the content is interesting. I am recognizing my typical communication style and looking at places and ways to improve.
江副
July 25, 2023
自己主張を強化するために知っておくべき知識、どういったことから始めたらいいかなどを学習することが出来ました。 自分のコミュニケーションタイプを把握し、その場面でYesというかNoというかでどういったことが起きるかを分析することが大切だと感じました。
Yvonne
July 13, 2023
This was a very useful course. It was clear, simple, with actionable steps. I found the activities and the ability to see how others responded very helpful. I would recommend this to others.
Bhumika
April 17, 2023
It was really good, an eye opener, a good course for introspection, and working on improving my advocacy skills.
Deb
April 3, 2023
This was great refresher on communication and being your own advocate. You may want to do a seminar on how to more effectively use the grow model in coaching others. It works great as they own their own coaching.
Jennifer
February 10, 2023
I really enjoyed this course. The tip to find a sponsor (and the reference to the TED Talk) was fantastic.
SALLY
December 19, 2022
length, deliver speed and additional course work and video, made a very concise training, not only did I learn about myself but also learned to see traits in other colleagues, highly recommended.
Mark
December 6, 2022
Good but somewhat obvious. I was hoping for scenarios, not just generalities. But the presenter is very good and I do like the PDF very much.
Lillian
November 22, 2022
Good to learn some new strategies but overall the concept was pretty self-explanatory so some of it was repetitive.
Kara
November 7, 2022
It was a good course however as my communication style survey indicated I was the ' ideal communicator' I didn't learn much. But overall was good to understand other communication styles
Chaitrali
November 3, 2022
The content was easy to digest. The questions were relatable and thought provoking. I would have liked good and bad examples of what the 'Broken record' strategy. I thought that piece was missing

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