Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simone E. Morris reports on inclusive leadership for the workplace. Most people want to avoid the term "hard" because of the ...

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: ...

What tricky conversation have you been avoiding? Whether it’s about an uncollaborative team member, a demotivating ...

Nearly every day you have to have hard conversations at work. Maybe it’s pushing back on your manager’s unrealistic deadline. Perhaps it’s confronting a colleague who consistently interrupts you in ...

Tension: We’re told collaboration requires constant connection, yet some workplace conversations leave us inexplicably ...

Have you ever worked in a place where everyone knows exactly what's draining their energy and hampering performance, but no one feels safe enough to talk about it openly? These unspoken challenges—the ...