Comms Lab: Graded Assertiveness
Comms Lab: Episode 40
Graded Assertiveness: What’s the Best Approach?
Sometimes, to get something done, or to get someone to stop doing something, you need to use Graded Assertiveness.
A lot of people have heard of Graded Assertiveness, but I’ve found that surprisingly few have a reliable, structured approach to delivering it. In this video, I compare two models (PACE vs CUSS) and give my thoughts on what works best in the real world.
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P – PROBE
A – ALERT
C – CHALLENGE
E – EMERGENCY
C – CONCERN
U – UNCERTAIN also unusual, uncertain, uncomfortable
S – SAFETY
S – STOP
0:00 – Graded Assertiveness: 2 Models
0:27 – PACE
1:31 – CUSS
2:27 – Summary and My Thoughts
References
- Richards H. Mastering The Phone Referral: Comparing Structured Approaches. 2022
- Richards H. Mastering the Phone Referral: 5 Things You Must Understand BEFORE You Call. 2022
- Richards H. Dealing With Referral Pushback: 5 Simple Strategies. 2022
- Richards H. Graded Assertiveness: What’s the Best Approach? 2022
Further reading
- Sutcliffe KM, Lewton E, Rosenthal MM. Communication failures: an insidious contributor to medical mishaps. Acad Med. 2004 Feb;79(2):186-94
- Freud A. Graded assertiveness in challenging a team member. 2018
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Cite this article as: Hayden Richards, "Comms Lab: Graded Assertiveness," In: LITFL - Life in the FastLane, Accessed on June 5, 2023, https://litfl.com/comms-lab-graded-assertiveness/.
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Hayden is an emergency physician at University Hospital Geelong and a senior lecturer at Deakin University, Geelong. He is somewhat obsessed with the science and art of effective communication, and in particular: difficult conversations. He believes that we can all get better at having difficult conversations, and that the process of learning to do so can be seriously fun.
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