Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Office small talk can feel like running a marathon in shoes two sizes too small. While it’s often necessary, some topics can make ...

People are working from home. And, if they are in the office, it’s never everyone, everyday. So, you rarely get to see your manager and coworkers face to face. You’re a salesperson, but you no longer ...

Don’t sweat it if you’re not good at remembering things, including names. “A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language,” Dale Carnegie wrote in his 1937 ...

Some professionals shudder at the idea of “small talk,” but it can be a powerful tool for building rapport with people you’re meeting for the first time—and for opening doors at networking events. A ...

Let’s be honest: The hybrid office is a disorienting experience. After feeling pressure from management to return, many white-collar workers who went remote during the pandemic are starting to pop ...

It's easy to say, "I'm not good at small talk" and simply try to ignore it, Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior.

Do you use small talk at work? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about which topics to use at work with people you don't know well, when to use small talk and what not to talk ...