As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

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Conversation lulls are natural and happen more frequently than we might realize. Keeping a conversation going can be tricky. Having a few prompts up your sleeve can help you keep things fresh and ...

While everyone knows that one person who kills the vibe at dinner parties, few realize that social intelligence isn't about ...

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 ...