Top People Skills That Will Boost Your Career

BANGALORE: Can talent and job experience put your career on fast track? Well, it certainly can’t. Professionals seeking to get further on in their careers need to rely less on their talent and work experience and focus more on inter-personal skills.  To sustain in this competitive world one requires not just expertise in one particular field but, more importantly attain multiple skills that can put your career on a speedy path. Take a sneak-peak at the top people skills that will shape your career speedily, as compiled by Devashish Chakravarty of Economic Times.

Express bravely: Expressing yourself better will make you more acceptable at work. Whether you’re working in a team or individually, giving away valuable inputs and ideas either in words or in writing will certainly help in building your career towards the fast lane. More importantly, it is the use of language that matters the most as it plays a vital role in expressing things clearly. So, make sure you are clear and specific while using them to make it easy for the listeners to understand what you want to convey through your language. Aggression is a big ’No’ because it can lead you nowhere but instead create uncertainties within yourself and the team. To overcome this, stick to positive language, learn to compromise and accept ‘NO’ if you are at the receiving end and don't distance yourself from people by bragging. Observe how people perceive and react to your words and choose them accordingly.
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