Sentence examples for lack of assertive from inspiring English sources

Officials and diplomats of all kinds bemoan a lack of assertive leadership.

It added: "The absence of clear disclosures or not seeing the information such as the failure to attend immunisations as a source of harmful behaviour rather than isolated incidents contributed to the lack of assertive and pro-active approach in the case".

Fewer than half the services participating in the initial workshops were engaged actively by a CIEIS link worker during the following year (due to unwillingness to prioritise further time for this from community organisations, and possibly also to a lack of assertive engagement by busy CIEIS clinicians in the absence of a clear, positive initial response from the services they contacted).

"The event was one of the most dramatic and tragic events of our lifetime, but the lack of empathy and assertive action for the other acts of terrorism and humanitarian disasters around the world troubles me," he says of the work.

Harry Kane ragged Chris Smalling about once or twice but touched the ball only 33 times, a rare lack of involvement for an unusually assertive No9.

When she received the results of her 360, she wasn't surprised that "assertive" and "lack of empathy" were highlighted as downfalls by her team.

The opinion that his lack of success was caused by his assertive character is hypothetical.

"There is a big gap between its more assertive economic power and lack of leadership in security and defense".

This increased admission rate may be explained by the lack of a specialised dedicated team to deliver assertive input for FEP patients at the earliest stages.

Although the facilitators to and barriers of assertive communication have been the subject of previous reviews, evidence regarding the effectiveness of interventions designed to enhance assertive communication is lacking.

Crucially, the facework properties of assertive questions arise from their preference structure, not from their syntax.