Human
touch is a sheer necessity to co-exist in a social stage. Especially, a
workplace needs an ambiance of positivism that acts as a factor to drive
enthusiasm among co-workers and team members. Without such environment, workplaces
become clogged with communication lapses, which become the reason for failure
of execution of operations. If not a failure, glitches in processes are
inevitable. What is the aspect that turns a workplace to be with blended with positivism
and the vibe to work? The answer is ‘Likability’. This characteristic in any
professional or individual can induce a positive vibe in others and motivate
them towards themselves. Currently, as workplaces are stuffed with people from
diverse ethnic background, hailing from different locations across the world,
human touch is a factor, which is quite impactful in uniting them as a team.
Credibility
to be liked is of much importance in any profession. This is the warmth in
human behavior that works as a lubricant to frictions in professional relationships.
However, ‘Likability’ should not be confused with the propensity to take sides
for personal gain or to get ‘relieved’ from responsibilities. Mutual respect,
behavior, mindset and thought process are the prime factors that determines Likability
of a person. In the same time, these features also define the personality of an
individual. Therefore, it is observable that personality has a lot more to do
with likeability of a person. However, there are a number of subtle differences
between the two. Personality is about the ingrained characteristics of an
individual. Likeability is more about what others expect of a person. In
addition to this, personality is harder to change and it requires much time to
get accustomed to an environment. In contrast to this, likability can be
achieved in a short time within a professional environment. This only requires the
quality to act and response to others in appropriate times.
Emotional
Intelligence is an aspect that triggers likeability. It is found out that
emotional conduct is helpful in workplace as they help in productivity. Emotionally
intelligent persons are prone to be liked by others. Positivity, self-awareness,
empathy and social skills are the basics of emotional intelligence. These are
also the features, which help to maintain a good social environment.
Likability
is a success mantra across various industry verticals. It is not only impactful
in workplace, but also across various industries and professions such as
marketing, business development and sales. In business development, success is
not merely dependent on the product; it is more a factor of an approach to the
product. This, in turn is dependent on the attitude of the person who
represents the product and eventually Likability of the person becomes a
pivotal element for the transaction. Many a times, this feature of Likability
turns out to be the only driving factor for success in sales and marketing.
It
is an observable fact that in workplace personal feelings and attitudes are
becoming more important than competence. A person who is an expert may be
approached by anybody, but if the same person does not know how to behave
properly, people would have to think twice before the act. As a result of this
very situation, the person would have difficulties in dealing with others and receive
those ‘professional favors’. Contrary to this, if a person keeps positive
attitude towards anybody, enthusiastic and is ever ready to help, he or she will
find less difficulties in dealing with people and vice versa. Friendliness, Relevance
and Realness are the aspects that define likability of a person. The ability to
communicate, integrity of thoughts and authenticity of emotions makes a person
likable. Likability becomes a success factor, as these characters in a person are
the primary requirement of quality professionalism.
Likability
plays a major role in being hired. In addition to skills and competency, personal
traits such as behavior and attitude become the major determinants. The
prominence of Likability can be observed from the fact that, a skillful person
who is arrogant has less chance to be hired than an incompetent person who is lovable.
This is because teamwork and collaborated tasks have gained prominence in
modern work space and personality rather than skills plays the quintessential
role.
Higher
the position of a person upon the hierarchy, greater is the need of likability.
Managers who are likable can convince the team about the strategy and drive
them towards the objectives. The same is with advisers and higher positions in
the circle such as VPs and Chief Officers. More likable a person is more is his
or her potential to win confidence of the decision makers. While a person is
speaking, people are more inclined towards the arguments and the way the topic
is presented rather than what is being delivered in reality. This sheds lights on
the importance of personality of the speaker more than what is being spoken.
Likability
has psychological implications. When the ingrained traits of a team are
directed towards a common goal, it becomes easier to achieve the objectives. Likability
of a person induces positive traits on group behavior and hence renders a
workplace a better environment. This is important across any profession because
it gets the work done more than anything else does. To break the barrier of
human mind and ego is the toughest job. What likability does is eliminating these
very obstacles as the primal step of a
relationship.
