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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jun 19, 2022

"We should stop apologizing to each other."

I laughed when a colleague said that yesterday. We were probably a half dozen apologies into a conversati...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jun 12, 2022

Summer is here (although it doesn't feel like it in the Pacific Northwest!) and you're probably busy relaxing.

It's unlikely you're wasting gorgeous ...

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Not Another Email Thread! 3 Questions to avoid the back and forth Jun 06, 2022

Did you know that research has shown the average person sends and receives 121 emails a day while at work?

Researchers have also determined every tim...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jun 05, 2022

It’s much harder than I expected. I never thought I would feel so tired after talking to people in person every day. I talk for a living for crying ou...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek May 29, 2022

Sometimes it’s not what you say that makes the most impact, it’s what you do.

Take San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler for example. His frustrat...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek May 22, 2022

We’re heading toward a 3-day weekend and a huge weekend in sports. Even if you don’t normally talk sports, it could be handy to have a few headlines i...

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Learn From a Leader: Journaling Personal Interactions May 22, 2022

Forget about it and move on. That's one way to respond when things haven't gone according to plan, but if we're talking about conversations and person...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek May 15, 2022

How’s this for a conversation starter: “Can I tell you something that will make your day?”

A colleague actually used that to start a conversation wit...

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The Hot Mic Moment I Didn't Mind at All May 14, 2022

Hot mic moments. I think we've all had them at some point in the last couple years with as much as we've spent logged on to virtual meetings, conferen...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek May 09, 2022

It's not the amount of time you spend in small talk that makes the difference. It's the effort you put into it. 

Be intentional and strategic and use...

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Learn from a Leader: Emotional Bandwidth May 08, 2022

I don't have time to be emotional. Heck, in my line of work I can't afford to be "emotional." As a woman working in sports that's one of the quickest ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek May 02, 2022

The NFL Draft dominated headlines during the weekend. Most of what you heard was stats driven. “Experts” using athletes’ career numbers to project how...

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