How to use ChatGPT to craft strong first impressions in business settings. Use these prompts to generate pre-meeting rituals, dress advice, conversation starters, concise pitches, and graceful exit ...

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s workplace advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing ...

You’ve heard the old saying that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, so you know first impressions are important, and durable. You may have heard that people make up their minds ...

You might have far less time than you imagine to make a first impression. People make judgments about ability, trustworthiness, competence, and other traits in as little as a tenth of a second, ...

All of those techniques work, even if you’re relatively shy. But what if you meet someone famous? Or what if you meet someone especially important to, like a potential investor or an enabling customer ...

Here’s the reality: your first words are a loaded gun that is going to shoot one of two people in the face: your reader or YOU! What do you with your first sentence? With your first paragraph? With ...

As the CEO and founder of an event agency, I’ve had the privilege of working with many great brands to create unforgettable corporate events. But as the holiday season rolls around, people often ask ...

LOUISE NISTLER, a 32-year-old New Yorker, estimates that only 10-15% of the men she comes across on dating app Hinge could be described as well-dressed. According to Nistler, a data scientist, some ...

People usually communicate in layers of increasing openness. As they feel more trusting of another, they share more of who they are. When people have known each other for a long time and their trust ...