25 Interpersonal Skills
Here is a list of 25 skills of interpersonal communication--25 things a competent interpersonal communicator should know how to do--that I used on the inside cover of my Interpersonal Messages book. But, I thought such a list might be useful more generally as a starting point for discussing what students can expect to learn to do or learn to do better than they now do it from a course in interpersonal communication. Needless to say the list is incomplete. 1. Communicate with an awareness of how the interpersonal process really works. 2. Communicate in intracultural and intercultural situations with cultural awareness and sensitivity. 3. Increase self-awareness and self-esteem. 4. Increase your accuracy in forming impressions of others and in managing the impressions you give to others. 5. Regulate your listening bet...