Sentence examples for assert your position from inspiring English sources

Do you compromise, or do you always assert your position?

Having asserted your position (as a position, not as a fact), "demonstrate equal curiosity about other views," says Grenny.

The United States and Russia have run ships through the passage without Canada's permission to assert their position.

"Through its board members the state will assert its position as a shareholder," the spokesman said, according to Reuters.

A lingering personnel question gave Mr. Kelly a chance to assert his position at the top of the West Wing.

"I do see that trend developing, but it may take a little while before shareholders here really assert their position," Mr. Sakaguchi said.

She's repeatedly found evidence that our implicit gender perceptions mean that the advice that women stand up for themselves and assert their position strongly in negotiations may not have the intended effect.

Mr Clegg writes: "There is much to play for, but a real risk that this opportunity for modernisation will be lost if the hardliners are allowed to assert their position unchallenged.

After facing criticism for its lax oversight, the board wanted to assert its position as a check on top management, according to the people, who declined to be named because the discussions were not public.

Following her husband's accession to the throne in 1820, Caroline decided to return from abroad to assert her position as queen, a project that incensed the court but enjoyed popular support.

And Sinn Fein does feel obliged naturally enough to assert its position, and claim the legitimacy... for the republican's past".