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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Apr 24, 2022

NBA forward Kevin Durant admitted to “thinking too much” during Brooklyn’s playoff series against Boston. The Seattle Kraken players, a team I cover, ...

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More Communication Isn't Better... or Helpful Apr 21, 2022

You don't want more communication. What you want is more effective communication, right?

Isn’t that what you actually mean when you tell your team to...

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5 Ways to Use the Baseball Season to Your Advantage Apr 17, 2022

If you’re already a baseball fan you know the Major League Baseball season is 162 games. That’s just the regular season. It doesn’t count Spring Train...

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Learn from a Leader: Leading Strong Personalities Apr 10, 2022

Strong personalities can be an asset for any team. Often those team members are driven, ambitious, competitive and confident in their skills. They wan...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 27, 2022

I highlighted and starred a comment from a Seahawks player during a press conference last week specifically for this weekly reminder. The cornerback w...

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Already a Sports Fan? Here's what you need to know about talking sports Mar 19, 2022

It’s interesting the assumptions we make about sports fans. From what we think a sports fan looks like to how they should sound in a conversation. To ...

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Talk Sporty 101: Include Everyone Feb 25, 2022

Sports brings communities together in ways other interests can't. That's the real value of sports conversations and sports small talk. 

Sports allows...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 20, 2022

Your accomplishments, resume and skillset aren’t the keys to your success. Your ability to communicate is.

Now you might be thinking, “Hold up, what ...

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Conversation Starters for (non) Sports Fans Feb 07, 2022

It’s Super Bowl week and the game will dominate a lot of sports, news and entertainment headlines. It’s one of the biggest events - sporting or otherw...

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You Can't (Shouldn't) Ignore Sports Talk at Work Feb 05, 2022

The numbers are staggering.

Sports dominates TV ratings. Just take a look at the numbers. Football accounting for 75 of the top 100 most-watched broa...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 30, 2022

There are two sports stories making headlines and getting airtime on major news networks this week – Tom Brady and the Olympics. Even the Weather Chan...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 23, 2022

Communication is the foundation for relationships.

Effective communication starts with small talk. The chit-chat you might overlook is actually the b...

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