Success Skills: People Skills

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People skills contribute to life-long personal and professional success. These are some of the people skills: Understanding people and their motivations Encouraging diversity Listening well Getting your messages through Connecting with others Influencing others Leading Engendering trust Managing interpersonal conflict Dealing with difficult people

Resources online 

Eight Essential People Skills
Read Lee Hopkins' explanation of his selection of people skills:
1. Understanding people
2. Expressing your thoughts and feelings clearly
3. Speaking up when your needs are not being met
4. Asking for feedback from others and giving quality feedback in return
5. Influencing how others think and act
6. Bringing conflicts to the surface and getting them resolved
7. Collaborating with others instead of doing things by yourself
8. Shifting gears when relationships are unproductive
Compelling People Skills
Karla Brandau considerspeople who have 'compelling personas' and discusses four important characteristics to develop to be a person of influence, a person who improves the atmosphere in the organization or at home and helps people get along with each other:
* Purpose
* Integrity
* Charisma
* Collaboration
Ten Ways to Improve Your People Skills
pdf file
University of Stirling Training and Development Resources
Conversational Terrorism: How NOT to Talk!
An expose of conversational terrorism cheap shot tactics to notice and avoid. HOW NOT TO TALK! Read 'em and laugh - or weep if you must.

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by Cheryl

I am interested in how people communicate and relate to one another. I am a mentor, a muse, a friend, a teacher, and a retired consultant and lawyer.... (more)

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