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 ...

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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 ...

Walking into your workplace each day means navigating conversations with colleagues, managers, and clients. While friendly chatter can build relationships and make the day more enjoyable, some topics ...

Slack is fundamentally reshaping how artificial intelligence agents access and use enterprise data, launching new platform capabilities that allow developers to tap directly into the rich ...

If you avoid small talk with coworkers or feel anxious when collaborating on projects, you likely need to strengthen your social fitness, according to workplace researchers and performance coaches ...