Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In salary negotiations, decision-making and everyday conversations I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When ...

We go to extreme lengths to avoid it, fearing the awkwardness that can accompany it. No matter your age, gender, race, wealth, or social status, it’s something we can all say we’ve feared at one point ...

At this point, Julie Boland is resigned to awkward silences. She’s a psychology and linguistics professor at the University of Michigan, and like many of us, she’s been spending a lot of time on Zoom ...

We’ve all been there: what we thought was an excellent interview quickly degrades as we sit with the hiring manager in silence–left only to wonder what we have done wrong to encourage our interviewer ...

I heard a story recently about a friend’s former boss. When underlings would go into this person’s office to discuss something like a pay raise or promotion, the boss had a habit of greeting their ...