Interpersonal Skills Quotes

“The internet and online communication is the window into your world - but real life, in person communication / connection is the door.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“If the way you've been treating me is a mark of fondness, maybe you'd better take a fresh look at your interpersonal communication skills.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Dream a Little Dream

“The key to healthy communication is having a willingness to lay aside our defensive tendencies and accept responsibility for our part of the relationship”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Communication is an art form that is crafted throughout our lives.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Conflict is not necessarily bad. If you can avoid taking conflict personally, it is actually a way to get better decisions and better results.”
― Sonali Sinha

“To a degree that we seldom realize, we depend upon the participation of others in our lives, and upon our own participation in the lives of others. Our success and effectiveness as persons is based upon this participation, and upon an ability to maintain a controlling competence in communicating with others.”
― Roy Wagner, The Invention of Culture

“Relationships are an art form created by two or more individuals who have similar or complementary visions, passions, and ambitions.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Communication can be sent or received through verbal or nonverbal cues.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“It is essential that children who are directly or indirectly affected by domestic violence receive psychological care.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Problem solving is an everyday occurrence in life.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Disruptive behavior is any form of behavior that comprises the integrity of the workplace.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Speak fluently. Dress neatly. Move swiftly.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, The Event Usher’s Handbook

“I don't like people much, and I like doctors even less.”
― Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION EPISODE GUIDE: Details All 178 Episodes with Plot Summaries. Searchable. Companion to DVDs, Blu Ray and Box Set

“Her antipathy towards Strike seemed to have evaporated. He was not surprised; he had met the phenomenon many times. People liked to talk; there were very few exceptions; the question was how you made them do it. Some, and Ursula was evidently one of them, were amenable to alcohol; others liked a spotlight; and then there were those who merely needed proximity to another conscious human being.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling

“Decisions decides your output”
― Jo

“Dr. Brown has the ability to make complex matters easy to understand. His book has taken the topic of communication to a new level. The book is easy to read. The exercises and appendices provide both a practical learning approach and a depth of understanding of the subject..."

Alberto DeFeo, Ph.D. (Law)
Chief Administrative Officer of Lake Country and Adjunct Professor of University of Northern British Columbia”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“It is clear that Dr. Brown understands that 'command and control leadership' creates even more conflict and that only through open and trustful and honest delegation and empowering, tension is avoidable and team spirit and cohesiveness is achieved..."

Alberto DeFeo, Ph.D. (Law)
Chief Administrative Officer of Lake Country and Adjunct Professor of University of Northern British Columbia”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Dr. Brown's book is able to make the subject matter interesting in a very pragmatic way, without losing the attractiveness and appeal of his academic writing and sound background. I would recommend the use of this book for teaching in leadership, management and organizational behavior courses knowing that it would make a great contribution to the learning experience of the reader."

Alberto DeFeo, Ph.D. (Law)
Chief Administrative Officer of Lake Country and Adjunct Professor of University of Northern British Columbia”
― Asa Don Brown

“People who are toxic are rarely aware of their own toxicity.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Active participation is an engaging exchange of information.”
― Asa Don Brown, Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work

“Culture is the underlying foundation of how we think, behave, and react.”
― Cristina Ho, Discover Cultural Intelligence: Your New Superpower

“Communication is of paramount importance, and one of the most effective ways to cope with anxiety within a relationship. Talking about it openly, honestly and directly with your partner, opens the dialogue and creates a safe space for them to confide in you.”
― Susie Ambrose, The Mottos: The guiding principles behind creating an enchanting relationship

“Margot thought: oh, no. But the thought of what it would take to stop what she had set in motion was overwhelming; it would require an amount of tact and gentleness that she felt was impossible to summon. It wasn't that she was scared he would try to force her to do something against her will but that insisting they stop now, after everything she'd done to push this forward, would make her seem spoiled and capricious, as if she'd ordered something at a restaurant and then, once the food arrived, had changed her mind and sent it back.”
― Kristen Roupenian, You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories

“Many times we are committed to the process but not the person to whom we would like to see the results. It is always ending up becoming mechanical and too robotic.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“In brief, supervision entails several elements: developing the supervisee’s professional skills, supervisee gaining in self-awareness, protecting the client, and mentoring and evaluating the supervisee’s services to clients. These elements are fostered within a learning alliance between supervisor and supervisee[.]”
― Augustine Meier, Practical Clinical Supervision for Psychotherapists: A Self and Relational Approach

“Love in itself is always not enough, you need some good interpersonal skills to effectively maintain a relationship.”
― Mzee Bryan Moseni Kabamba