We’re going into week four of zero live sports on TV and my husband has decided the new go-to background TV programing is Food Network. Apparently me ...

"How are you?" 

In "normal" times it's the appropriate thing to say when starting a conversation and part of the script we follow by default. 

These...

What happens if you don't have any answers as a leader? 

What happens if there's no playbook that outlines the next right steps?

What do you if you ...

Do you find yourself craving the conversations you once took for granted?

Like the kind that happen when you bump into a colleague in the hallway, or...

“The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” George Bernard Shaw

I couldn’t say it any better George.

Life without live sporting events doesn’t mean we don’t have sports to talk about. There are still stories making headlines and an opportunity to take...

I never thought I'd write a weekly blog about sports conversation starters without a single sports event on the calendar, or while social distancing i...

A week ago I was preparing to write an article about using sports conversations to maintain connections while offices started working remotely and “so...

The hottest news topic isn’t always the one you want to talk about, even when it seems like that’s ALL anyone is talking about.

The coronavirus domin...

The topic dominating headlines isn’t always the best conversation starter.

I mean, how much more do you really want to talk about the coronavirus (An...

The person who coined the phrase, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” was either flat-out lying or unaware of all the stupid questions he/she...

All opportunities come through people.

It’s something I heard an NFL Agent tell a group of conference attendees at the NFL Combine during the weekend...