Resolving interpersonal conflicts

Veron was your good friend since your junior college years. Both of you could share everything under the sun. When Veron and you were admitted into different local universities, both of you had less time for each other as both of you were trying to adapt to a new social setting. However, Veron and you tried to meet up regularly during holidays.

During the second year in university, Veron found a boyfriend and you felt happy for her. However, when you tried to initiate a few meet up with Veron during holidays, she was unable to make it. The reasons she gave were that either she had a date with her boyfriend or had a gathering with her university course mates. You felt depressed and neglected but you tried to convince yourself that Veron and her boyfriend had just gotten together and need their private space. You decided to passively wait for Veron to take the initiative to ask you out in the future instead. Gradually, Veron and you began having less contact and you felt that both of you were drifting apart. Yet, neither of you made any moves to salvage the friendship.

During the third year of university, Veron broke up with her boyfriend. She initiated a few meet up with you but you were busy with attachments and school work and thus were unable to make it. Veron was very upset that you did not have time for her when she needed a good friend by her side as she tried to recover from an emotional breakup with her boyfriend. She started to give you cold shoulder since then.

What could be done to salvage your friendship with Veron?

The importance of effective communication skills

Effective communication skills are important because of the positive impact it has on the interpersonal relationship and character development of a person.

Communication is part and parcel of our daily life as we get to meet people from all walks of life. However, should communication breakdown, this could lead to misunderstandings. If no appropriate actions had been taken to clear up these misunderstandings, interpersonal relationship would be jeopardised. Since these unnecessary misunderstandings are rooted from poor communication skills, the importance of effective communication skills becomes more apparent.

In addition, how well a person can communicate is likely to influence his character development. People who are able to communicate effectively are usually more confident and are able to interact with others at ease. As such, they are usually able to create a good and deep impression on the others and are also capable of fostering stronger ties as compared to those who are unable to communicate effectively. It is important to have good interpersonal relationship so as to ensure a harmonious work environment and to enhance work efficiency. Furthermore, without effective communication skills, great ideas cannot be brought across and shared with others.

All in all, I hope that I have shed some light on this issue regarding the importance of effective communication skills and I believe that everyone should put in more practice and make a conscientious effort to master this skill.