Are You a “People Person”?

Hana F. Ardiansyah
4 min readMay 21, 2021

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Do any of your co-workers seem friendly all the time? He also seemed to enjoy socializing with people. He is an example of a ✨People Person✨ who will attract attention.

What is a people person?

A people person is someone who likes to interact with others. You will enjoy relationships with people and social life. You will care about other people, and want to spend time with them. You will try to be a friend and supporter of their hard effort. You’ll try to get along, and you’ll be willing to make improvements.

How to become a people person?

1) Good Communication

Communication is very important both in the business world and in personal life since good communication helps us better understand people and situations. This helps us transcend diversity, build trust and respect, and create the conditions for sharing creative ideas and solving problems. Good communicators are people who provide solutions, drive change, motivate and inspire their colleagues. By improving communication skills, we can increase teamwork engagement, decision-making, and communication between departments in the workplace.

2) Flexibility

Being flexible means being willing to adapt to change. Being flexible at your job requires that you keep an open mind. There are many situations in the workplace where you need to be flexible. Working as a team requires some flexibility. Everyone on the team works differently. To achieve your goals as a group, you sometimes need to be flexible to work successfully with your co-workers. You must also be willing to take on challenges that seem outside your comfort zone. As long as you have a flexible attitude, you will have no problem accepting the different changes that each day brings.

3) Empathy

Empathy is recognizing other people’s emotions and understanding other people’s perspectives about a situation. The most developed empathy allows you to use that insight to elevate the mood of others and support them through challenging situations. When you see other people suffering, you may immediately imagine yourself in the other person’s shoes and feel sympathy for what they are going through. Although people are generally quite sensitive to their own feelings and emotions, understanding other people’s thoughts can be a little more difficult.

4) Supportiveness

Supportiveness shows your team that you care about their performance and personal well-being. Supportive teams invest time and emotional energy into building strong relationships and relationships among their teams. A supportive environment equips teams with the tools they need to work effectively and shows that you value their concerns and ideas. A supportive team is also happier, performs better, and is more likely to stay with the company longer.

5) Approachability

Approachability is key when building relationships with a team. When you are approachable, team members feel more relaxed, they are more open when they come up with mistakes, ideas will flow more freely, and they are more likely to ask for guidance when needed. Ultimately, this means a more cohesive team that can solve problems more effectively. Approachability is about being accessible, consciously breaking down perceived barriers, having appropriate body language, and using appropriate verbal communication and listening skills. Being approachable is about creating an environment of trust and collaboration.

People Management Skills

The skills above are called people management skills. They are essential for good leadership and also teamwork since people management skills are the human and empathetic skills you need when working with people and managing teams. People management skills will help you work with the right people and perform well with teams.

My team ❤

Like developing our PPL project, we come together as a team that strives to apply people management skills to produce good teamwork, which means a synergistic way of working with everyone committed and working towards a common goal.

Benefits of Having People Management Skills

High productivity with results

Without people management skills, you will not have the skills and knowledge to inspire your team to greatness. It takes people to create a workplace with high productivity and results that can drive teammates forward with enthusiasm.

“Giving people self confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do because then they will act.” — Jack Welch

Synergy and Team Spirit

With people management skills, you will be able to foster team spirit. You will have the ability to bring different people to work together harmoniously as a team.

Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.” — Bill Gates

Positive attitude

With people management skills, you will be able to work every day with an air of positivity, which will automatically reflect on your workers’ attitude.

There is little difference in people but that little difference makes big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” — W. Clement Stone

References

https://www.profitableventure.com/benefits-people-management-skills-business/

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