interpersonal
Americanadjective
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of or pertaining to the relations between persons.
As a leader goes higher in an organization, commonly their technical skills are called upon less and less, while their interpersonal skills become more important.
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existing or occurring between persons.
It is unlikely that someone with paranoia will thrive in interpersonal relationships.
She is trained and certified in the treatment of emotional trauma resulting from interpersonal violence.
adjective
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- interpersonally adverb
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Importantly, though, there has been little in the way of interpersonal chemistry between Doncic and Irving, who have won just three of the 11 games they’ve played together and faltered in clutch situations multiple times.
From Washington Post
“The muttering I’m hearing is that there’s concern he doesn’t have the ability to go the distance because of his interpersonal skills,” said New York-based Republican donor Eric Levine, a fierce Trump critic.
From Seattle Times
“It was supposed to be a three-hour tour, and people were stranded together for an infinite period while they worked out their interpersonal difficulties,” he joked.
From Washington Post
These focus on both the technical and interpersonal skills demanded by the work, said Johnson, who chairs the society’s Master Class committee.
From Los Angeles Times
The work has caused some of his employees “serious emotional reactions that produced physiological symptoms, sleep disturbances, effects on interpersonal relationships and moral anguish,” Hern reported in a medical journal.
From Los Angeles Times
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