by Laurie Wilhelm
Last week’s interpersonal skills survey question read:
Generally speaking, when you’re walking down the street, are you aware of the people around you or are you lost in your thoughts and on “automatic pilot”?
The …

by Laurie Wilhelm
I spend hours every week surfing the web; I don’t know what I did before the internet. Sound familiar?
I read a lot of good stuff and I’d like to share some of my …

by Laurie Wilhelm
When you’re out mixing and mingling, it’s pretty likely that someone along the way will ask you questions about yourself. They’ll ask the standard, arms-length ones like “What do you do for a …

by Laurie Wilhelm
Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer last week’s social skills survey question, When you go to a social or networking event where you don’t know anyone, you…
The breakdown of the …

by Laurie Wilhelm
I met someone, let’s call her Helen, about a year ago who made me sit down and really think about interpersonal relationships. Although my experience with her was rather negative, I learned …

by Laurie Wilhelm
“I’m sick of being told to smile and make eye contact. That’s what everyone says.” Even as I type this, I can still see him rolling his eyes.
I hear comments like this about …

by Laurie Wilhelm
Everyone reading this is probably familiar with the pay it forward concept: someone does a favour for another but instead of repaying the giver, the receiver does a favour for another person.
The …

by Laurie Wilhelm
The Harvard Business Review recently published an article co-written by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis, Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership. The one-line summary (as much as one line can summarize an …

This is a March 2007 clip from TED featuring noted psychologist and award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, who offers his insights into compassion.
The clip is 13 minutes long and worth watching but …

by Laurie Wilhelm
Really?
Is it better to give than to receive?
Aren’t they equally important? After all, no one can give something if there’s no one to receive it and no one can receive something that …