Simple Coffee Chat Topics to Put You at Ease
Coffee chats can be scary and not knowing what to talk about can be even worse. On your next coffee chat, try:
Sharing a little about yourself: Do you have pets? Kids? Did you a vacation lately?
Find ways to help them: Shift the conversation from they can do for you to what you can do for them.
Find common ground: Did you grow up in the same area? Like the same sports?
Workplace Communication Speaker and Trainer at Everything's Not OK and That's OK
Alissa Carpenter is the Owner of Everything’s Not Ok and That’s Ok, author of How to Listen and How to Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations at Work, TEDx speaker, and host of Humanize Your Workplace.She works directly with organizations to bridge communication gaps across generations, job functions, and geography and has worked with non-profits to multi-billion-dollar enterprises.She has an MEd in Social and Comparative Analysis in Education, is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and is certified in the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers Briggs Type Indicator.Alissa has been featured on ABC, CBS, NPR, FOX, Forbes, and quoted in multiple media outlets including CNN Money and Fast Company.
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