Comments Assertiveness is an extremely important aspect of leadership. An effective leader is someone who can encourage followers to develop themselves while keeping the followers within an overall goal.
Assertiveness allows a leader to tactfully push a follower a certain way.
As for myself, I find that I am more assertive when I am in a comfortable situation where everything about the situation is somewhat familiar to me. On the other hand, if I'm in an unfamiliar situation, my instinct is to keep quiet in order to survey the situation. I may not be quite as assertive as I could be in other situations. When I am more assertive, I try to think about how I'll say something and how it would affect the listener. If I'm getting emotional, then I'll try to avoid saying too much since I may say something I'd later regret.