September's Leadership LifterTuesday, September 6, 2016

In his book "The Art of Dealing with People", Les Giblin states that the primary reason people fail in life is because of their failure to deal successfully with people. Surveys of business executives indicate that poor people skills is also the number one reason why people get fired.

It's impossible to go through life without interacting with people. Since that's the case, we need to make every effort to learn how to get along so we can get along.

Here are just a few practical suggestions:

1. Treat everyone with dignity and respect.
2. Be kind.
3. Smile.
4. Look at people when you talk to them.
5. Focus on their interest, not yours.
6. Be a good listener.
7. Thank people whenever they do things for you.

The bottom line is to follow the biblical principle that we usually call the Golden Rule: "Do unto other as you would have them do unto you" - or, as we might say today, "Treat other people the way you want to be treated."