Ways to improve your Interpersonal Skills



Smile

Do your best to be friendly with your fellow members. Maintain a positive, cheerful attitude. Smile often. Your positive aura will draw others to you.

Don’t hesitate to appreciate others

Share positive points with everyone you work with. Be generous to praise others. Always say thank you when someone helps you. Make members feel welcome when they call or ask questions. If you let others know that they are appreciated, they’ll want to give you their best.

Be an active listener

To actively listen is to demonstrate that you intend to hear and understand another’s point of view. In this way, you know that you understood their meaning and they know that your responses are more than lip service. Your peers will appreciate knowing that you really do listen to what they have to say.

Bring people together

Create an environment that encourages others to work together. Treat everyone equally. Avoid talking about others behind their back. When you make a statement or announcement, check to see that people understand you clearly and agree with your point.

Resolve conflicts

Try to become someone who resolves conflicts when they arise in a group. Learn how to be an effective mediator. If group members argue over personal disagreements, arrange to sit down with both parties and help sort out their differences. By taking on such a leadership role, you will gain respect and admiration from those around you.

Communicate clearly

Pay close attention to both what you say and how you say it. A clear and effective communicator avoids misunderstandings with everyone at work. If you tend to utter out anything that comes to mind, people won’t put much weight on your words or opinions. Think before you speak anything.

Humor them

Don’t be afraid to be funny or clever. Most people are drawn to a person that can make them laugh. Use your sense of humor as an effective tool to lower barriers and gain people’s affection.

Learn to empathise

Empathy means being able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand how they feel. Try to view situations and responses from another person’s perspective. This can be accomplished through staying in touch with your own emotions; those who are cut off from their own feelings are often unable to empathize with others.

Don’t complain

Don’t be a regular complainer. If you verbalize your grievances, voice it to your personal friends and family, and keep it short. Spare those around you, or else you’ll get a bad reputation.

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