When it comes to getting ahead at work, when does being assertive cross into hostile territory?
Even if political management improves, a more assertive Congress is probably here to stay.
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This type of assertive behavior is exactly what we would expect from a strong leader.
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You might have to be assertive to get the service folks to do the job.
What have you learned over the years about the balance between being feminine and assertive?
Son, soft-spoken but assertive, disputes the notion that luck has anything to do with it.
Chinese diplomats have become more assertive since the West fell prey to financial crisis.
There is much more to being feminine than being non-aggressive, non-assertive and appearing less confident!
In asserting its strength, Paris may cause Berlin to become more assertive in its own right.
She's tender, sexy and assertive, ready to fight his corner if only he'll stick beside her.
The vocals are both weary and desperately authoritative, and the guitars, strung-out but assertive.
Assertive communication to prevent misconceptions is now critical, because compensation criticism has become a spectator sport.
He's not any more assertive on offense now than he was during the regular season.
"I probably should have been more assertive and asked for time, " the HR man admits.
The investors seem willing to make an exception for assertive managers such as Mr Welch.
Yet pension funds in Poland are now managing their investments along more Anglo-Saxon that is, more assertive lines.
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The others, whom they call the assertive nationalists, will be arguing for a swift exit.
His blunt talk and assertive, can-do manner struck people as being fresh and different.
Turkish foreign policy may be becoming more assertive, yet EU membership remains the priority.
Bizarrely, many of the chants are about the IRA. The nationalism here is more assertive, threatening.
The building is such an assertive composition that its symbolic value is fully apparent from outside.
Newly assertive Republicans begin to protest, to march on Palm Beach in suits and ties.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he directed his energies against assertive Kurds.
Transatlantic friction between companies and regulators has grown as Europe's data guardians have become more assertive.
But it is Poland's assertive power-sector unions that have turned social-package negotiations into a fine art.
When you need to be seen as assertive, remember that power is displayed by height and space.
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He said the bank is being "assertive" in controlling costs but will continue to hire new employees.
Like Ronald Reagan, he is running against the party establishment and is an assertive, even aggressive, internationalist.
They have also fuelled Mr Putin's increasingly assertive diplomacy, while boosting the living standards of many Russians.
An assertive American and an assertive Japanese may express themselves differently, but their performances are equally valuable.
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