It's easy to say, "I'm not good at small talk" and simply try to ignore it, Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior.

What the research on conversation keeps pointing to is this: people rate interactions as significantly more satisfying when ...

Social butterflies may thrive at small talk, but many of us dread it. After all, there's only so much talking about the weather or traffic that a person can tolerate. Still, small talk is present at ...

We’ve all been there, standing at a boring office party or a backyard BBQ, trying to fill that awkward silence. You reach for ...

Don’t sweat it if you’re not good at remembering things, including names. “A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language,” Dale Carnegie wrote in his 1937 ...

For many people, small talk is not their favorite activity, but everyone engages in it at some point. When meeting new people, small talk is used as an icebreaker for conversation. It’s an interaction ...

Small talk often gets a bad rap. It can feel awkward, superficial and pointless at times — if you're doing it wrong. But it's one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal to build relationships, ...

You walk into the conference networking event, feeling alone, aware of the steady chatter throughout the room. You look to find someone you might know, you sense your breath growing faster and you ...