(Poor King Tommen definitely qualifies as a pushover in "Game of Thrones."Helen Sloan/HBO) You've got your boss wrapped around your little finger. You're constantly talking around them. You're always ...

Some workers are naturally more assertive than others. But there's a pretty wide gap between being assertive and being a total pushover, and if you land on the wrong end of that spectrum, you might ...

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Are you one of those people who values cooperativeness over assertiveness? Would you rather back down in a confrontation, doing anything to avoid seeming too bossy? Are you constantly afraid that ...

No one would call me a shy woman. In fact, I remember a particular girl who would go up to strangers and ask them to buy her McDonald's as a teenager, and each time, they agreed. I don't know what's ...

There's a pervasive stereotype that being nice at work means you're a pushover. If you're too nice, startup investor and long-time media executive Fran Hauser says people think "you're a pushover, you ...