Impact of Interpersonal Effectiveness in influencing Teamwork at Workplace

Impact of Interpersonal Effectiveness in influencing Teamwork at Workplace

Mrs. Devaki S

Research Scholar, Department of MBA

Atria Institute of Technology, Bengaluru – 24

Dr. Richa Das

Associate Professor, Department of MBA

Atria Institute of Technology, Bengaluru - 24

ABSTRACT

Interpersonal skills, also called Social skills, People skills and Social Exchange describes the competence to be able to communicate with others successfully. Interpersonal skills enable an individual to value and have compassion with others effectively. In today's world there are a multitude of skills required to ace at the workplace. Organizations have always looked at the job-specific technical skills that candidates possess and based on this aspect candidates have been recruited in the past. But in today’s times when we speak about coordination, collaboration, building relationships with colleagues, clients, partners, investors and sometimes even when it is with competitors it is expected that people have the competency to network with persons who could be of immense importance to the business of the organization. Several of the prevalent skills most sought after in today’s time is interpersonal effectiveness because this is the tool, one may have to use to deal with others amicably. Both in personal and professional spheres limiting one’s power to get beside the others, transmit or share ideas can hinder relationships and stumble prospects for those who lack in interpersonal effectiveness. The inability of an individual to toil and integrate with his team might doom his/her career amidst leading to a severe impact on his team which could otherwise work dynamically to achieve its goals. One may be a very good expert in his/her domain, but if the concerned is undesirable to work with, then the value of those technical skills gets constrained.

Keywords: Interpersonal Skills Effectiveness, Social Skills, Team Dynamics, Teamwork, Workplace