Social Skills and Personal Development

To build successful relationships, it is essential to cultivate social and communication skills.

The main ones are personal leadership, which is based on self-management and self-awareness; emotional intelligence, which allows us to validate our emotions and those of others; and nonviolent communication, which guides us to interact with respect and empathy, regardless of our differences.

Personal leadership and emotional intelligence

The latest trends in human resources indicate a growing importance that is being given to social capital, which means that companies today are evaluated by the basis of their relationships with their employees, customers and their communities, which is not obtained by good communication within the companies.

Personal leadership is part of self-knowledge and the ability of each one of you to self-manage, that is, to fulfill your responsibilities without having to be told what to do.

Emotional intelligence, very well known, which is that approach, that acceptance and that validation not only of your own emotions, but also of the emotions of others.

Non-violent communication as a language of life

From the recognition of our own communication styles when we relate to others, we can build better relationships with society.

Nonviolent communication is a language of life that begins with the understanding of individual differences.

Trust in others, co-responsibility, and assertive, empathetic and active listening communication are principles with which we should all identify.

This is because human beings are social by nature, and this course begins by recognizing non-violent communication as an essential language for life.

It also starts from a principle of attitude and self-knowledge about the style in which each of us communicates with others.

To discover that being empathetic, compassionate and receptive in all contexts of your life will make you enhance your personal, family and work relationships.

Building successful relationships

Nonviolent communication is not a pre-established formula, but a process that adapts to diverse situations and different cultural, business and personal styles.

The impact is in being able to fulfill common purposes.

When we exist in a society, in a community, in a planet that is in constant evolution, change and crises such as those we are experiencing today due to the pandemic.

And it is by recognizing that we have the capacity to relate and communicate that we can build successful relationships.

Therefore, as I said before, we are social beings by nature and our nature is also an attitude of solidarity.

Summary

To build successful relationships, it is essential to develop social and communication skills. The main ones are personal leadership, emotional intelligence and non-violent communication. These skills can be learned and perfected with constant practice.

Personal leadership is based on self-knowledge and self-management. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and validate one's own and others' emotions. Nonviolent communication is a language that teaches us to express ourselves with respect and empathy.

These skills allow us to fulfill common purposes at work and build successful relationships. Being empathetic, compassionate and responsive in all contexts of life empowers your personal, family and work relationships.