INTELLIGENCE

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http://blog.readytomanage.com/category/emotional-intelligence/

What are Interpersonal Skills?

June 1, 2012 by Dr. Jon Warner

“Interpersonal skills” is the peoples’ capacity to interact with others successfully.  Interpersonal skills are people-related behaviors that we use every day to interact with individuals and groups.  Howard Gardner described two intelligences:

• Intrapersonal intelligence
• the capacity to
• understand oneself,
• appreciate one’s emotions, interests, fears and motivations or goals.
• reflective and seeks to be in tune with inner feelings; looking for intuition, connections, patterns and wisdom
• critical-thinking centered and is concerned with a person’s reflections on their own changing thoughts and emotions
• Interpersonal intelligence
•  the capacity to
• experience the intentions, interests, desires, fears, and motivations/goals of other people.
• openly interactive, seeking personal connections and discussions with others as a prime tool to appreciate what one person or more may be communicating
• ability to have interest in and/or empathy for other people’s views.

 

2. High Intrapersonal Intelligence and Low Interpersonal Intelligence Quiet and reflective Listens well but may not convey it May end up in unsought disagreements/conflicts May not speak up or be assertive on thoughts Often keeps important contributions to him/herself May not promote own agenda or contributions	3. Low Intrapersonal Intelligence and High Interpersonal Intelligence Calm on the surface but not underneath Volatile in communication mood and style Can listen poorly and be potentially insensitive Can be highly and vocally empathetic with people Often self-centeredly lively and entertaining Can become over-familiar very quickly
1. Low Intrapersonal Intelligence and Low Interpersonal Intelligence Emotive and unable to explain why Self-absorbed and distracted Often personally stressed and pressured Can be a crass or over-frank communicator Scattered and even illogical thinker Can be defensive and/or aggressive in communication	4. High Intrapersonal Intelligence and High Interpersonal Intelligence In touch with own emotions/feelings Listens attentively (summarizing/paraphrasing well) Calm, centered and even charismatic Effective but sensitive critical thinker Versatile communicator (one to one and group) Enthuses/motivates people through language