Talkative coworkers can be quite a distraction, not only do they not get their work done but they keep from you getting yours done too. Cut down on unproductive chatter with a simple body-language hack.
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While detailing out a list of ways to save time in your office the produtivity-centric folks at Productivity501 shared a way to use your environment and body language to control the length of conversation. Their suggestion? Remove the guest chair from your office:
People are less likely to stay for a long time chatting if there isn’t a place to sit. You can keep a fold out chair nearby or borrow a chair from the conference room when necessary. If you stand when someone enters the room, you can easily signal for them to leave by sitting back down.
A significant change in body posture and returning to the position you were working in before being interrupted is a great way to signal that chit-chat time is over.
If you have a time-tested technique for keeping the lid on chatty coworkers, we’d love to hear about it in the comments below.
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