Workers spend almost four hours per day on average communicating through email, instant messaging, and video or phone calls, according to a 2023 survey from Zoom. Alison Wood Brooks, author of Talk: ...

Difficult conversations at work are inevitable. Our instincts often present two options when it comes to these conversations: a) avoid the conversation and maintain the status quo, or b) have the ...

Not many people like having difficult conversations. Yet, the reality is that, as leaders, we must be willing to sit with the difficult feelings involved and engage in hard conversations. From ...

Feedback has the power to motivate and improve performance, but it often backfires. Instead of sparking growth, it can trigger defensiveness or lead to silence. Some people soften their words so much ...

Gen Z gets a bad rap when it comes to work, but as a whole, their generation is challenging workplace culture in a way that can benefit everyone. Unfortunately, change can be scary. Especially if that ...

A safe space to discuss mental health allows employees to seek support, share experiences, and access resources that help effectively manage concerns. Open conversations about mental health contribute ...

If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation wondering what just happened, you know that talking to someone and staying on ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES - JUNE 27: President of the United States Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios. (Photo by Kyle ...

Tragic shootings. Culture wars. Threats of violence. Closures resulting from debunked, racist allegations against Haitian immigrants in Ohio. A lot has happened in schools in the run-up to a ...

Politics may have once been considered taboo at work, but now employees expect their offices to be somewhere they can engage in those types of conversations safely — and they want their employers to ...