It's just not that way. The winners are lucky enough or skillful enough to have a job that matches their strengths. A lot of people are trying to do a job that's not essentially appropriate for them. Professor and coordinator of the Adult and Organizational Development Program at Temple University, Mel Silberman says 90 percent of all people who are terminated have weak people skills. His company, Active Training , counts as its clients Merck, MGM Grand, Tolas Health Care Packaging and Princeton University Press.
Interpersonal skills count in today's workplace.
For example, if a manager is not expressing himself clearly, one day he states one opinion, the next day, he states another. His employees spend a lot of time trying to figure out his directions. Or, if a supervisor is unable to give feedback and avoids it, the employees are denied important information that would help them do their jobs properly or be in tune with the company's strategy. Active Training, Inc., provides an initial 15-hour program to give individuals tools and strategies to improve these skills. Participants continue to work on their own.