PeopleSmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence

by Mel Silberman, Freda Hansburg (Contributor)

WE ARE ALL in the people business because we deal with other people all the time. But do you sometimes reach out to others only to find your efforts misunderstood or rejected? Do you wish your relationships with people close to you were more harmonious and fulfilling? PeopleSmart is a practical guide for anyone who asks these questions, which means most of us at some time or other. It reveals a powerful plan for making your relationships more productive and rewarding-whether they are with a supervisor and coworkers or a spouse, relatives, and friends-by developing your interpersonal intelligence.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Communication, Psychology, Social, Business, Personal Growth

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Dr. Melvin L. Silberman was president of Active Training, a provider of cutting-edge training seminars, including Surefire Ways to Make Your Meetings Active and The Consummate Team Facilitator. He was also a professor of adult and organizational development at Temple University, as well as a best-selling author. His books include 101 Way to Make Training Active (Pfeiffer, 1995), Active Learning (Allyn & Bacon, 1996), Active Training (2nd Ed.) (Pfeiffer, 1998). Silberman consulted for corporate, governmental, educational, and human service organizations worldwide. He was also a speaker at professional conferences.

Reviews

[Elee S · Rating 4 out of 5]

دليل عملي جيد لحياة اجتماعية أفضل، تمنيته ركز أكثر على العائلة والأصدقاء بدلا من تركيزه على علاقات العمل.
أعتقد ان الكتاب شبيه قليلا بكتاب ستيفن كوفي السبع عادات للناس الأكثر فعالية.

[Matylda Tomoń · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is exceptional! I learned so much about expressing myself clearly and conflict resolution.
I tended to avoid conflict because I never felt I had the skills. I would get angry and tell a person how I really felt which only destroyed the relationship and my credability. Or I would not be able to think what to say and the other person would walk all over me. Sometimes I would get defensive.

Now I have the tools to work out a win win situation which will strengthen relationships and make me more confident.

[Hector · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice explanations -and stories- on things that could be found in other books

[Denise Chojnacki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a suggested title from a class I took on Fundamentals of Supervision and Management. The author took the reader down a path of changing ways of dealing with everyone from bosses, to employees and other staff, to family relationships. There was a lot presented here and some of it was familiar from the class. The rest I tried to objectively look at some of my own situations to see where I could possibly improve relationships whether work-related or home. It's an older title but still a worthwhile read.

[Alex Sargent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, but a lot of the examples felt a bit corny and forced. I don't think I would recommend it

[Aigul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice quotes how to manage conversations

[Amanda Friedman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is extremely helpful. It is inevitable that you will communicate and interact with other people. This book walks you through many aspects and helps you to solve conflict and relate positively. It will help you improve your relationships guaranteed. It walks you through interactions that other people assume you to do, but you don't know how to do. I recommend every living person in the world to read this book.

[Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly common sense and bloated

This book has some decent information on conflict resolution, but for the most part is little more than common sense. While it can be important and helpful to emphasize simple fundamentals, some of the generic advice such as "be yourself" is lacking in inspiration. My biggest complaint though, is even when this book does make good points it's bogged down by unneeded length. I wouldn't be the first to recommend this one.

[Dr. Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very helpful in helping you to learn how to communicate more effectively with others whether it is in business, on a job, in your family. I appreciate the things I learned and will be implementing some of it into my personal and business life. Even though this was required reading for my ND degree, it was very helpful, well written and easy to implement what you do learn in it.

[Mark Nenadov · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a helpful book. Unfortunately, I think it would have been better, though, if it was a little more generic and not so business-oriented. I found myself tempted to skip quite a few of the sections. It is definately worth a read.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to give this book 4 1/2 but that isn't how the rating system works. However the book truly is very great. I gained some GREAT bits of advice. I also had a very enlighten moment while ready a particular chapter where things really clicked for me and I realized or that is what I should do.

[Cris · Rating 5 out of 5]

HIghly recommend for anyone wanting more specifics and strategies to make relationships work.

[Derrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

It starts out pretty good, but the last few chapters felt extremely forced and corporate orientated - nothing much for the individual.

[Salam Rif · Rating 5 out of 5]

useful book to communicate with people

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

Even though the back cover says it helps with friends, family, and spouse communication it really only dealt with business situations. I learned two things out of the book. I did not find it helpful.

[Micke Sandlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Väldigt splittrad och rörig bok om social kompetens. Ingen favorit