He has written a book on communication titled, "Tell Me: How to initiate and nurture meaningful conversations with anyone, ...

The main issue with saying “No offense, but...” is that it signals a lack of awareness about how the other person might feel.

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Small talk often feels scripted. People who are not interested in small talk may struggle with their confidence in these ...

Conversations shape our relationships, but sometimes a single phrase can make things awkward. The mood can shift quickly, and ...

In social situations, certain topics can serve as red flags, signaling a lack of awareness or sensitivity. These subjects often derail conversations and can leave others feeling uncomfortable or ...

And if the conversation does continue, you’re not actually listening to them,” she says, diagnosing what ails us. “We have stopped talking to people that we disagree with.” ...

People expected that they would prefer a shallow conversation to the deeper one before it took place. After the interactions occurred, they reported the opposite.

Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves, Alison Wood Brooks teaches people how to have better ...

Putting two people with diametrically opposed viewpoints in a room together may seem frightening to most, but one research lab has been doing it for nearly 20 years. The Difficult Conversations Lab ...

We need to start an important conversation about all of the important conversations we need to have. Our backlog of important conversations seems to be growing at a much faster rate than these ...