Working It presents: How to master the art of schmoozing

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

While the Life and Art team takes a break for Thanksgiving, we’re sharing an episode of Working It, the FT’s workplace podcast hosted by Isabel Berwick.

Here’s what it’s about: Do you ever find yourself lost for words? Or maybe you have too much to say? This week’s episode features a masterclass in chit-chat from Matt Abrahams, a lecturer in communications at Stanford University, podcast host and author of the book 'Think Faster, Talk Smarter'. Good conversation is an essential tool of self-promotion in the office. So what do we make of Matt’s advice here at the FT office? Host Isabel Berwick gets the views of award-winning FT columnist Pilita Clark and Stephen Bush, who writes the FT’s daily Inside Politics newsletter.

If you’re an FT subscriber, you can find Isabel’s newsletter at https://www.ft.com/newsletters

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0:00.0	Hi, Life and Art listeners, this is Lila. So our team is taking a little break for Thanksgiving.
0:05.1	That means that today we're bringing you an episode from our sister show, Working It's the Financial Times' workplace podcast hosted by my friend and longtime colleague, Isabel Berwick.
0:15.8	We decided in service of the upcoming holiday season to give you an episode all about schmoozing. And you might
0:22.6	also recognize one of the guests, columnist Stephen Bush, from our episode on The Curse.
0:27.7	Okay, if you like the show, you can a tennis match where things go back and forth.
0:47.4	It's like somebody serves something to me and I have to return it and return it well.
0:51.6	Hello, and welcome to Working It from the Financial Times with me, Isabel Berwick.
0:56.5	In this episode, we're talking about that essential tool for networking and career advancement,
1:01.1	the art of good conversation.
1:03.5	Why are some people so good at schmoozing?
1:05.6	Is it about knowing what questions to ask?
1:08.0	Or is it more a question of adopting the right mindset?
1:11.4	Your job is simply to keep things moving. It's not to say the right thing, and as in tennis
1:16.5	land that one ball that's going to win the game for me. It's really about just keeping things
1:20.9	going. That's Matt Abrams. He's a communications lecturer at Stanford University in the US.
1:31.1	He's also the host of the popular podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart. And he's written a book,
1:36.2	Think Faster, Talk Smarter, How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot, which will be
1:41.4	published this September by Simon & Schuster. We'll be hearing some more
1:45.3	nuggets of eloquence from Matt throughout today's programme, but he won't be dominating the
1:49.2	conversation. Here in the studio, I've also got two other seasoned socialisers, both colleagues of mine at the
1:55.3	FT. Pelita Clark's an award-winning columnist who covers corporate life and climate change. So, she's an expert on hot air.
2:02.5	Welcome, Polita.
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