It disarmed the man and made him see this woman as someone who could fit in. During the interview process, they had chit chatted about hockey. The chairman of the board was a big hockey fan too. She had played hockey in college and was a huge fan of the local NHL team.
Not long ago I heard a businesswoman tell her story about how she landed a seat on a prestigious all-male board of a major corporation. Have you ever worked with someone who was all business? I have and while I was extremely efficient when I work with them or for them, I didn't feel motivated to give any extra effort. It makes them see you as a whole person and often it makes them respect your personal life that much more. Getting to know someone on a more personal level makes them more likely to want to work with you. From a business perspective chit chat helps you find common ground with a client or co-worker. To me, it's what makes the person sitting next to you more human. He calls small talk: "the biggest time waster known to man."Īnd, plenty of productivity gurus will tell you that chit chat wreaks havoc on our work life balance because it makes meetings and phone calls longer and distracts us from getting work done. He considers phone calls and in person meetings a huge waste of time, mostly because he abhors chit chat. Not long ago, you may recall I wrote about a business owner who does most of his interaction by email. Yet, there is a movement underway to shorten business meetings and eliminate chit chat. "I've had to learn to respect that," she said. When she arrived in the U.S., she realized that chit chat is part of most business meetings. Mostly, they are more efficient, she said, because they are all business.
where meetings are run differently than in the U.S. During a panel discussion, one of the women leaders, Gillian Thomas, spoke about how she came from the U.K. A few days ago, a panel of women leaders gathered for The Commonwealth Institute South Florida luncheon.
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