Interpersonal effectiveness has always been the key to maintaining productive work-related and personal relationships. It pertains to developing and refining skills that we use when interacting with others, such as balancing individual and "other" (group, friend, team) needs, balancing priorities versus demands, building respectful relationships, learning to manage conflict without damaging our relationships, and also preserving our authenticity and integrity while remaining collaborative.
Furthermore, interpersonal effectiveness can be greatly compromised at times of significant uncertainty or stress, when internal or external challenges abound and eventually become overwhelming. If you are noticing that your interpersonal relationships tend to become challenging more frequently than you would like, working on your interpersonal effectiveness will help you utilize techniques and principles from corporate counseling, couples and family therapy, as well as trust and community-building approaches, in order to safeguard them.