Reading the Room

Career-advancing conversations require reading social cues. Watch for green lights: follow-up questions, body lean-ins, and personal disclosures. They signal the other person is engaged and open to going deeper.

Watch for yellow lights: short answers, phone checking, or changing subjects — they mean this isn't the right moment. And red lights: turning away, visible discomfort, or ending the conversation.

Great conversationalists adjust in real time. Reading the room turns social awareness into career opportunity.