So What?

 Business, labor and government authorities have agreed that wide-ranging people skills are necessary for 20th Century work success (SCANS).

Research has found that young people who develop speaking/listening skills not only have improved classroom behavior, but also less self-destructive and violent behavior (UNESCO). From the continual reports of incivility, unproductive outbursts, violent relations and missing community, there is a huge need to increase the range of people skills. And meeting that need requires innovations that motivate and enable better communications.

A large percent of the deaths in the United States can be attributed to psychosocial deficits in people skills for stress management and supportive social connection (APA).

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Hello World, Today a Google search resulted in over 66 million hits for people skills --and the number has increased 3 million in the last month. The personal and social competencies included in "people skills" are among the most important for survival, success and satisfaction.

With those values in mind and heart, some of us have created a site collecting a whole range of skills from making contact and building relationships to handling stress and focusing attention: People Skills. We would like your experiences about learning and ideas for promoting people skills to the world.