For Gen Z, a growing confidence crisis means common workplace interactions are now a major source of anxiety. Working with unfamiliar colleagues, making small talk, using the phone, and waking up ...

Small talk has a bad reputation. People roll their eyes at it and see it as a dreaded necessity that they need to get out of ...

Mercurio, an author and leadership development researcher, told CNBC that employees say a boss who’s good at making small talk may perhaps be the most important factor for making them feel like they ...

You’re standing in line at the supermarket or drugstore when a stranger speaks up. “Hello, how are you?” the stranger greets you. “Good, and you?” might be your response. Your conversation partner ...

I own a business, and frankly I hate it. It consumes all of my time and energy and I’m trying to figure out a plan to get out. That said, the only thing I hate more than owning and operating my ...

Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower. Arguably everyone’s least favorite part of socializing, surface-level chitchat can be awkward, ...

For some people, having to make small talk is a uniquely horrifying mode of torment. If this is true for you, it’s likely that you can recall in grim detail your last attempts to find a way to make ...

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Business Insider asked etiquette experts about the topics people should never discuss at work. Wild party weekends, love life updates, and medical issues are details best kept to yourself. Judging ...