New research shows that the benefits of small talk during virtual meetings include making for better work.
Here’s why, and how to do it most effectively.
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Without those unspoken roles, the meeting would be a disorganized, loud, incomprehensible mess.
Youre not talking to coworkers at their desk or in the hall.
Everything is structured, and everything is essentially a task nowadays.
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So this research highlights the importance of perhaps trying to institute moments throughout the day with unstructured chat time.
One way to do that?
Kick off each meeting with five minutes of unstructured small talk.
Small talk is critical to creating connections, but heres the thing: Theres ineffective and effective small talk.
The key is not to talk about the expected things like weather, Zoom challenges, and so on.
Instead, focus on creating truly authentic small talkthings that are a bit more unexpected.
Small talk can be incredible for making people feel included and making virtual meetings feel less formal.
But, tone and subject matter are what matters for making it truly effective for work productivity.
Her advice is to get a little vulnerableeven expose that bit of pandemic-life messinesswhen youre instigating conversation with colleagues.
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