Ten Ways to Improve Your Interpersonal Skills
“Don’t discount the importance of interpersonal skills in the workplace. How you are perceived by your manager and coworkers plays a large role in things as minor as your day-to-day happiness at the office and as major as the future of your career.
No matter how hard you work or how many brilliant ideas you may have, if you can’t connect with the people who work around you, your professional life will suffer. The good news is that there are several concrete things that you can do to improve your social skills and become closer to your colleagues. All of these tools will ultimately help you succeed in today’s working world.”
Ten Ways to Improve Your Interpersonal Skills (according to allbusiness.boston.com)
* The bolded points are the skills we will focus upon.
- Smile
- Be Appreciative
- Pay Attention to Others
- Active Listening
- Bring People Together
- Resolve Conflicts
- Communicate Clearly
- Humour
- See it from their side
- Avoid Complaining
