Why is it important to have good interpersonal skills?

Interpersonal communication skills are essential to developing other key life skills. Being able to communicate well with others is often essential to solving problems that inevitably occur both in our private and professional lives.Jan 27, 2015 read more

Healthy interpersonal skills have been known to resolve conflict, promote joy, increase understanding, improve communication, reduce stress and enhance intimacy. Interpersonal skills are sometimes referred to as communication skills, social skills, soft skills or people skills. read more

On a scale of 1 to 5, managers rate the importance of having good interpersonal skills at 4.37, just below the ‘ability to work in teams’ which comes in at 4.49. read more

Good communication is even more important if the workforce is diverse. With a mix of races, nationalities, genders or faiths on the job, it's easy for people to accidentally offend each other. If promotion and employee review rules aren't clear, minority workers may feel they've been discriminated against. read more