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7 Signs You Have Terrible People Skills

"Soft" Skills & Emotional Intelligence Will Help Get You Hired & Promoted

7. Emotion Overload

Are you quick to anger, or easily frustrated? If you can't control your emotions and keep a cool head when the going gets tough, you'll be perceived as a hothead who can't think clearly.

According to the Penn Behavioral Health Corporate Services, emotional outbursts are threatening to co-workers and colleagues, and can result in low productivity. Learn how to cool it, or expect to cool your heels on the bottom rungs of the ladder. 

 

  • Dawn Dugan

    Dawn Dugan specializes in writing books, articles, white papers, reports and special communications for the human resources industry. She is the co-author of Effective Executive Compensation, which was published by AMACOM in 2008. Read more...