Small Talk

Had another quiet day at work today, but made a conscious effort to be "proactive" by socialising on the job!!!

First, I approached a colleague and just chatted to her about the weekend, what I did and enquire after her etc. It showed a bit of interest - in her indirectly as a colleague.

I also bumped into the CEO in the washroom so instigated a conversation about soccer as he was an ex-pro who played professional briefly.

He is passionate about the sport and I made a prediction to him about the future whereabouts of a player who is doing well currently. He seemed to concur and said he would remember what I said.

So, I made a connection with the main man. I am beginning to gain his rapport I think and build a solid, informal relationship which I am very pleased about.

I am going to do the same thing with a couple of other people tomorrow.