As social beings, we rely on each other for support with our mental, physical, and financial well-being. We are innately hardwired to desire human contact and are constantly seeking it out via in person and virtual interactions. While most of us are equipped to adequately engage with others, there are a few certain people who are exceptionally talented at people skills.
Good people skills are most often a learned behavior that evolve over time and with the appropriate modeling.
To sharpen your people skills, work on becoming more…
Observant
Being able to interpret people’s attitudes and behaviors by carefully studying them.
Approachable
Assuming a friendly, welcoming, pleasant, and affable manner that encourages others to want to connect with you.
Confident
Possessing the self-assurance required to interact with individuals in diverse and meaningful ways.
Enthusiastic
Showing a keen interest in the people who come into contact with you.
Understanding
Realizing and conveying a sense of compassion for other people’s feelings and needs.
Caring
Demonstrating authentic concern for others and a willingness to lend them a helping hand.
Attentive
Making others feel special by paying attention to their individual desires, comforts, and concerns.
Trustworthy
Conveying to individuals that you are earnest, honest, and dependable…that you won’t let them down.
Respectful
Treating people with a high level of deference and consideration to their well-being.
Genuine
Presenting yourself to others as being sincerely open and legitimate, not phony.
