Human Relationship Skills: An Office Service Manager For An Office Services Manager

Human Relation Skills

My career path that I was on landed me a position as an Office Services Manager for an international engineering firm. Within my first year, my supervisor recognized my strong interpersonal skills. Additional, my natural confidence allowed me to be comfortable in any setting, while my charismatic personality caused people to naturally gravitate towards me. Recognizing these skills, my supervisor offered me a business development role. I quickly excelled in this role, but I believed that I needed more of a challenge. I conveyed my desires to my supervisor and we discussed my needs. He concluded that with my robust human relation skills, legal knowledge and experience that I would be a good fit as a Right-of-Way Acquisition

These very dynamic and diverse roles have one common, yet complex element which is building relationships with people. I believe that in order to be successful in my career one must possess good human relation skills. Our textbook states that human relation skills, or people skills, are the ability to deal with people, both inside and outside of the organization. When the textbook says to “deal with people” what exactly does that mean? In my opinion, it is a conglomeration of the following:

• to effectively communicate with others;

• to

I personally believe that, in addition to communication, conflict resolution is the most important human relation skills to possess. In connection to my career as a Right-of-Way Acquisition Agent conflict resolution is a skill that is utilized in most every interaction with a property owner. When a property owner disagrees with the proposed project or impact to their property I must be able to amicably work through their concerns to achieve a resolution. In the alternative, avoiding conflict or approaching it with a combative, confrontational tone leads to tense and less pleasurable interactions.

In conclusion, I believe that in all aspects of life a person will deal with other people. No matter what your career is or how well you do it, the relationship with others is the key to your success or failure. In my experience even when someone is otherwise only average at a job, good human relations skills can usually make that person seem better to others. Sadly, the opposite is also true: poor human relations skills can make an otherwise able person seem like a poor performer.

Lastly, the achievement of good human relation skills can help you in several ways. Human relations skills can help a person ascertain a job, enjoy their work, be more productive at it, and stay there longer with better chances for advancement. An understanding of yourself and others can help you be happier and more productive in all areas of your