Positive personality trait
Approachable
Friendly and easy to speak with or ask for help.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Makes it easy for people to bring them a question, a worry or a half-formed idea.
- Responds to an interruption without making the person feel foolish for asking.
- Keeps a plain, relaxed manner even when they are the expert or the boss in the room.
Fits when a person's manner invites questions and contact without intimidation
Not when all you know is that the person is always available, lets things slide, or can fix any problem
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Ran [weekly drop-in or office hours] for [team, students or customers], answering [number] questions a month and cutting [escalations or repeat errors] by [amount].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is approachable: junior staff on [team] brought problems to them early, before they grew, because they knew they would be heard.
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Report card comment [Name] is approachable, and classmates often ask them for help because they explain things patiently.
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In a story, shown not told The new nurse had been sure she would be laughed at. The consultant pulled up a stool and said, "Show me what you're seeing."
The approachable manager ate in the common room and welcomed unfinished ideas.
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