Have you noticed that some people in your department have a thin skin, no sense of humor, and take everything so personally?
Maybe trust has been damaged.
Trust can be damaged or destroyed in many ways. Trust is damaged when laughing at, not with, the other person, talking behind each other’s backs, gossiping or openly moralizing about […]
You may be getting along with some of your colleagues, however, you may be struggling with a few of your new relationships.
How do you maintain the trust that you have established?
Establishing and maintaining trust requires us to be trusting and trustworthy. Trust is established through a series of trusting and trustworthy actions.
If a person takes […]
You may be working with new people.
They don’t really know you and you really don’t know them. You have positional power, now you need to develop personal power. You have the title, now you need the trust. How do you establish trust?
Trust is a complicated concept. Trust is something that occurs between people. What is […]
Social skill is more than having a few Facebook friends.
Social skill is the outcome of the other dimensions of emotional intelligence. Social skill is friendliness with a purpose; moving people in the desired direction, whether that’s agreement on a new strategy or enthusiasm about a new product.
Socially skilled people have many acquaintances, and they have […]
Have you been working on empathy lately?
Empathy means thoughtfully considering others’ feelings, along with other factors, in the process of making intelligent decisions. Empathetic people listen and learn what coworkers are feeling and acknowledge their fears and frustrations.
Team members must be able to sense and understand the viewpoints of everyone around the table. It is […]