Assertiveness is the ability to assert one’s authority over another.
It is also the ability to assert another’s authority over another.
It is how I successfully influence another to do what I want them to do.
Assertiveness has become a recognised and trainable management skill.
It is authorised manipulation and bullying.
Assertiveness is professional arrogance.
The more assertive I am, the more arrogant I am.
Successful leaders do not have to assert their authority.
Followers follow successful leaders because of their apparent authority.
When authority is apparent and evident, it does not have to be asserted.
Managers need to assert their authority when it is neither recognised nor respected because it is neither apparent nor evident.
The presence of clarity & direction allows authority to evidently appear and be recognised & acknowledged by its followers.