Returning workers lacking confidence to chat to colleagues after months at home are turning to coaching to get back in the zone
Plans for the weekend. Comments on the weather. Observations about a colleague’s new coat. With offices across England (and, from Monday, in Scotland) opening up to workers, casual conversation starters like this will once again become the norm.
But after nearly two years of working predominantly from home, an absence of informal interaction with colleagues has left some employees so out of practice at watercooler chat that they are turning to small talk coaching to prepare.
