Relaxed

What it looks like

• Talks at an unhurried pace and lets others take their time.
• Stays at ease in a new place or a busy room, and others ease up around them.
• Takes small hitches, such as a late start or a changed room, without visible tension.

Fits when someone's usual manner is easy and low in tension

Not when the person is careless about standards or temporarily resting

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: on paper it can read as unhurried in the wrong way. Show what the manner achieves, such as nervous clients put at ease, and let a reference describe it.

• [Name] has a relaxed manner that puts people at ease: [nervous clients, new hires or patients] settled quickly with them, and [the appointment or the handover] went more smoothly for it.

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• [Name] is relaxed and settled in class, and approaches new tasks without worry.

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• The new neighbors came over with a list of questions about the street. He set two chairs in the shade, poured lemonade, and went through the list with them line by line, in no hurry at all.

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