Hello everybody. I’m Victoria Rennoldson, Communication and Culture Coach, and welcome to Wednesday Words with me. You can choose to watch this by clicking ‘play’ on the video above, which also has subtitles. Or, because I know that many of you, just like me, like to listen to podcasts when you’re out and about, you …
Do you consider small talk important in virtual meetings? Do you make time to build conversations, or is it just straight down to business? How do you connect to people in small talk and get beyond the obvious topics? I believe small talk is not just empty or superficial. For me it is an important …
Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Stephen Covey Small talk is a critical business skill, and if English is your second or third language, then you may experience challenges sometimes in feeling relaxed & confident when talking with people for the first time or networking, whether that is face to face, or online. …
‘How are you? Hope you’re having a good week.’ How do you feel about small talk? Is it something fun to engage in & a way to get to know the other person? A necessary, but empty part of the conversation? A waste of time & you avoid it? Or something you even dread? And …
