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He returned with his signature little coffee cup. My guilt turned to admiration. As a woman, assertiveness is not something I have always valued or sought to develop. What others might call ...

play within the offense, play within the action, get myself [going] that way. But when it's time to be assertive and go create the action myself, I think I've had a pretty good read at that.

I didn't want to hide my greatest strength as an assertive person. I eventually learned when to be direct and when to balance it out with politeness. Early on in my human resources career ...

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