But to really find common ground with your colleagues, you need to branch out and talk about something other than work. Give them a break from thinking about their job for 5 minutes and take a little break yourself and invest in the people around you.
Category Archives: Workplace Conversation Starters
Workplace Conversation Starters: Join the Madness and Get Noticed
Filling out an NCAA tournament bracket will give you something to talk about, a way to connect with your coworkers and broaden your appeal. If everyone is talking about it – shouldn’t be in the loop too?
Workplace Conversation Starters: Jumping in When Coworkers Talk Sports
When you hear the sports conversations come up at the office, stick around and participate. Those conversations are a great way to build rapport with your coworkers and break through communication barriers at work.
Workplace Conversation Starters – The Advantage of Talking Sports
That’s where sports topics give you an edge. Something new happens every day in the sports world, which gives you fresh topics and new subjects to talk about on a daily basis. And as a bonus – sports fans rarely DVR games or SportsCenter to watch at a later date. They want to talk about the hot topics and invite conversation about them. Your ability to join in the conversation increases your likeability and rapport – both are key factors at work.
Workplace Conversation Starters: Increasing Your Appeal at Work
Increasing your appeal at work is as easy as broadening your conversation topics. Sports conversations appeal to a large number of people and you don’t have to be a sports fanatic to join the conversation – all you have to do is read the summaries of the following hot topics and ask the questions provided.
Workplace Conversation Starters – Using Sports to Build Rapport
Make it a point to increase your rock-star status this week by engaging in chitchat with your coworkers. Participating in the sports conversations that regularly take place at work increases your appeal and gives you an opportunity to build rapport.
Super Bowl Storylines to Help you Join the Conversation
Talking about the Super Bowl and sports in general is about appealing to a larger audience, and breaking through common communication barriers at work. When you do that, you gain more influence and as a result leverage. That would be helpful at work right?
Workplace Conversation Starters – Building Up to the Big Game
Increasing your likeability and visibility in the office can be as simple as joining a conversation and being part of the office chit chat. There’s a good chance your coworkers are chatting about the latest sports news and headlines, here’s how you can join in.
Workplace Conversation Starters – Using Sports Topics to Your Advantage VIDEO BLOG
It was a big weekend in the sports world giving you and your co-workers plenty to talk about this week. If you didn’t stay inside and watch hours and hours of coverage (and who did?) consider this the cliff notes version of the topics most likely to come up. Take a quick peek at the video and if you still want more, click on the links at the bottom of the post.
Workplace Conversation Starters – Sports Topics Your CoWorkers Are Talking About
You’re fresh off a holiday weekend and ready to kick some butt at work. Are you ready to join the conversation at work, too? You know your coworkers will be talking about “the game” (probably the Giants/Packers) but you have no idea why. You feel left out and don’t know how to jump in and sound smart. I’ve got you covered.