Comments on: The Big Challenge of Small Talk http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2008/08/19/the-big-challenge-of-small-talk/ Seeding growth through innovation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: mark.stelzner http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2008/08/19/the-big-challenge-of-small-talk/#comment-5620 mark.stelzner Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:59:07 +0000 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/?p=112#comment-5620 Thanks Topher. My unsolicited advice to you is to not automatically discount yourself by explicitly calling out your "newness" to the business world. Although small talk is an innocuous context, such a general position on your experience (or lack thereof) may call unneeded attention to something that most new employees try to avoid highlighting. Instead, try to find just one topic that you feel you can competently speak to and grow things from there. Good luck! Thanks Topher. My unsolicited advice to you is to not automatically discount yourself by explicitly calling out your “newness” to the business world. Although small talk is an innocuous context, such a general position on your experience (or lack thereof) may call unneeded attention to something that most new employees try to avoid highlighting. Instead, try to find just one topic that you feel you can competently speak to and grow things from there. Good luck!

]]> By: hrtopher http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2008/08/19/the-big-challenge-of-small-talk/#comment-5618 hrtopher Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:34:16 +0000 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/?p=112#comment-5618 Being new to the business world(just graduated and started my first "real-job" in may) the concept of small talk is something i am still adjusting to. While i am not horrible, i do tend to just spew whatever comes to mind, and often end up rambling. Luckily many of the people i have worked with so far are much more experienced at this and can help avoid the awkward pauses...when all else fails i tend to fall back on something about having just graduated and how im getting a great experience blah blah blah....enjoyed the post, it is definitely an important skill to have! -Topher Being new to the business world(just graduated and started my first “real-job” in may) the concept of small talk is something i am still adjusting to. While i am not horrible, i do tend to just spew whatever comes to mind, and often end up rambling. Luckily many of the people i have worked with so far are much more experienced at this and can help avoid the awkward pauses…when all else fails i tend to fall back on something about having just graduated and how im getting a great experience blah blah blah….enjoyed the post, it is definitely an important skill to have!

-Topher

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