"Dial In" to Establish Rapport (truthsleuth)
posted Sat August 28th 2010 @ 4:40 PM

Did you ever meet a stranger at a party or some other social event and you just "clicked?" You started talking and the conversation flowed smoothly, you both seemed in sync with one another, and you left the conversation feeling positive? That is probably because you had a lot in common and easily established rapport with each other, which most often happens subconsciously. You may also have experienced the opposite situation as well where someone engaged you in conversation and it felt awkward, it didn't flow, there was no connection between the two of you and you were looking for an "out". This is a situation where there was no rapport established. To read and/or listen to the complete article, you must be logged in. See below.