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How to Improve Interpersonal Skills
Having strong interpersonal skills can generate sufficient interaction in all situations. Developing this kind of skill includes building strong relationships, demonstrating ethical behavior, communicating clearly and working effectively in teams. Showed below are some tips on how to develop interpersonal skills. (Taylor, 2014)
1. Examine yourself to know which interpersonal skills that needs to develop.
Checking our lives, we know that there may have been instances that we had a conflict with other people which resulted to relationship break up or sometimes miscommunication that led to loss of chances. Becoming aware to these kinds of experiences, we can pinpoint interpersonal goals. A person may choose to become to practice voicing his/her feeling clearly and truthfully or better listener.
Having strong interpersonal skills can generate sufficient interaction in all situations. Developing this kind of skill includes building strong relationships, demonstrating ethical behavior, communicating clearly and working effectively in teams. Showed below are some tips on how to develop interpersonal skills. (Taylor, 2014)
1. Examine yourself to know which interpersonal skills that needs to develop.
Checking our lives, we know that there may have been instances that we had a conflict with other people which resulted to relationship break up or sometimes miscommunication that led to loss of chances. Becoming aware to these kinds of experiences, we can pinpoint interpersonal goals. A person may choose to become to practice voicing his/her feeling clearly and truthfully or better listener.
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2. Concentrate on building harmonious relationships.
Kindly check yourself, if your relationships at work are unsympathetic and aloof, focus on the potentials needed for having healthy relationships.
Kindly check yourself, if your relationships at work are unsympathetic and aloof, focus on the potentials needed for having healthy relationships.
- Be trustworthy – Interactions are more establish when two or more people trust one another. Keep your pledges and confidences to improve trust.
- Exercise equality – Attempt to be more generous if you are a person who love to take more than you give in a relationships.
- Be comprehensive – Rehearse in helping people so you will feel that you are part of the group, this can be done at work, community activities and even at home. Excluding other people should be avoided so they will not feel that they are outsiders.
- Be objective – Be more generous in every relationship you have. Taking more than what you give should be eliminated in your mind.
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3. Converse openly and cautiously
Good communication skills include conveying yourself cautiously in person, listening closely in written communication and over the phone.
- Exercise good judgment in oral and written communication – Putting humor in communication both in oral and written sometimes can result to misunderstandings or hurt other’s feeling. Using correct tone of voice in oral communication or better context in written communication creates a big difference.
- Listen carefully and properly – Listening is different from hearing. In life, many fights started from having misunderstanding. To avoid this, listening to people clearly. When people are talking, you should always concentrate on word, tone of voice and even to body language to get the real message.
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4. Observe personal ethics
Always practice integrity in all your relationships by checking the effect of your behaviors and decisions to others. Most of the time, people who are self-aware and do not abuse their power are trusted easily.
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5. Be a team player
Working in a company means you are working with other people. Occupy yourself in a give and take relationship which includes partnership and cooperation. In situations that you are about to dominate or criticize others, change your attitude and focus to be a team player. Practice giving praises to others for the work well done and be open as well in receiving praise from your peers.
Working in a company means you are working with other people. Occupy yourself in a give and take relationship which includes partnership and cooperation. In situations that you are about to dominate or criticize others, change your attitude and focus to be a team player. Practice giving praises to others for the work well done and be open as well in receiving praise from your peers.
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6. Resolve Conflicts
Having conflicts is normal and cannot be avoided in our daily lives. Different opinion and ideas from others can be inspiring and open our mind from other things. Trying to understand people’s point of view and avoid black and white ideas when there are opinion clash. In some scenarios, being honest and respectful could resolve issues. Letting go of attachments to unnecessary issues could help as well.
Having conflicts is normal and cannot be avoided in our daily lives. Different opinion and ideas from others can be inspiring and open our mind from other things. Trying to understand people’s point of view and avoid black and white ideas when there are opinion clash. In some scenarios, being honest and respectful could resolve issues. Letting go of attachments to unnecessary issues could help as well.
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