Recommended Resource List:
Building Assertiveness Skills

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Fensterheim, Herbert with Joan Baer. Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No: How Assertiveness Training Can Change Your Life. New York: McKay, 1978, c1975. Call number: SR 158.1 Fens
  • Marshall, Susan. How to Grow a Backbone [10 Strategies for Gaining Power and Influence at Work]. Ashland, OR: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2000. Call number: SR CD 650.1 Mars
  • Poley, Michelle Fairfield. Communicating for Results: [How to Master the Skills of Assertiveness, Credibility and Persuasion!]. Mission, KS: SkillPath Publications, 1996. Call number: SR CD 158.2 Pole
  • Price, Carol. Assertive Communication Skills for Professionals: [How to Communicate Powerfully, in a Style that's Comfortable for You]. Overland Park, KS: CareerTrack, 1994. Call number: SR CD 158.26 Pric
• Books
  • Alberti, R.E. with M. I. Emmons. Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, 2001. Call number: 158.2 Albe
  • Benun, Ilise. Stop Pushing Me Around!: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy, and Less Assertive. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 2006. Call number: 650.13 Benu
  • Bishop, Sue. Develop Your Assertiveness. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Kogan Page, 2006. Call number: 650.13 Bish
  • Bloom, Lynn Z., with Karen Coburn and Joan Pearlman. The New Assertive Woman. Gretna, LA: Wellness Institute Press, 2000, c1975. Call number: 158.2 Bloo
  • Bower, Sharon Anthony. Asserting Yourself: a Practical Guide for Positive Change. Updated ed. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Life Long, 2004. Call number: 158.1 Bowe
  • Fensterheim, Herbert with Joan Baer. Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No: How Assertiveness Training Can Change Your Life. New York: McKay, 1978, c1975. Call number: 158.1 Fens
  • Hartley, Mary.  The Assertiveness Handbook. London, [England]: Sheldon Press, 2005.  Call number: 158.2 Hart
  • Lloyd, Sam R. Developing Positive Assertiveness. 3rd ed. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, 2002. Call number: 158.2 Lloy
  • Newman, Susan. The Book of No : 250 Ways to Say It-- and Mean It-- and Stop People-pleasing Forever. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Call number: 158.2 Newm
  • Paterson, Randy J. The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2000. Call number: 158.2 Pate
  • Phelps, Stanlee. The Assertive Woman. 4th ed. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, 2002. Call number: 155.633 Phel
• Videos
  • Boundaries. 88 min. Zondervan Pub. House, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 248.4 Boun
  • When I Say No, I Feel Guilty. 30 min. Cally Curtis, 1991. Videocassette. Call number: VC 158.1 When/VC2895