What do you do the moment you think, 'Oh, this is awkward'?The conversation with a friend you haven't seen in a while stops, and an strange silence hangs in the air. After making a mistake at work, ...

Awkward conversations are not just valuable—they're often essential for achieving important goals. Often, there is no way to have a particular conversation without it being awkward! Examples: Talking ...

The Monday morning debrief is practically a workplace ritual. Someone asks how your weekend was, you say “good,” they say “good,” and the conversation ends. It’s polite, it’s painless, but it goes ...

A person’s intelligence is typically measured in personal, cerebral terms, but the truth is that it’s experienced in different ways depending on the context, the situation, and the specific people ...

Know Your Number Before You Open Your Mouth The single reason most salary conversations go sideways is that the person asking ...

We're uncomfortable sitting in silence for the same reasons we can't stand being around socially awkward people in conversations. The feelings of discomfort and embarrassment put a spotlight on our ...