very talkative colleague

I used to have a very talkative boss. As a Director, I think he really talks too much...most of what he talks about are irrelevant to my work and it is very irritating. I felt that he was disruptive to my flow of work. Every few minutes, he would call me into his room to talk about things that is unrelated to work at all. The only time he keeps quite is during company meeting. We have different corporate views as well. Ie. He felt that we shouldn't hire someone smart because this person would outshine us. I, on the other hand, felt that we should have someone smart for the progression of the company. This person might even teach us new ways to do something we have been doing all these while.

As an organizational behaviorist, I would advise you to look at his position vis-a-vis the Managers. If the Managers do not mind him talking a whole lot, then I suggest you do not even broach that topic. Just let him talk. He has the Managers' blessing, and there is nothing you can do to change the Managers' minds. However, I suggest you keep a distance from him. A talker doesn't listen. A talker often does not keep secrets well. You don't want to be close to him because it will bring you no benefit. First of all, he will annoy you with his non-stop chatter. Secondly, you cannot tell him anything because he won't listenn. Thirdly, you don't want to tell him anything because he will not be a good confidaant!

I have no problem with people who loves to talk but if they are talking nonsense, that is the problem. One of our supervisors behaves like that. Whenever we have clients, he would sit with them and talk to them about their inquiries. But you will be amazed when the conversation take so long, and you just hear him talking about some people in the past even if the client can not relate to him. He will talk about his vacation experiences in some place that the client has mentioned. And most of the times, you will hear him talk about negative things about those people, places and experiences. So whenever I and another colleage of mine are in the middle of a conversation then he would interfere, I just don't speak a word again. I just let him talk and talk until he noticed that no one is interested with what he is saying. There are times that I just make excuses and leave the area.

Hi, I am also talkative. But I also like to listen to others. I don't want to dominate anyone. Some people are so talkative like your friend that they don't allow anyone to talk. These people are very irritating and very bored. Everyone tries to avoid such people.

you might tell him or her let me see you breat for awhile in and out now tell me what does that do to you , because it make me break for awhile and see what he or she say

I don't like talkative people. I would rather go away from listening those talks, because they always keep repeating same thing over and over

This is hard to deal, and i encountered a lot of people like that, and the best solution is, have the guts to interrupt him, but be see to eat that you are equipped with better idea than hi has when you plan to interrupt, and if he don't to get interrupted, you have an option to find an exist. I'm sure he will noticed it when one of his colleague is walking out one by one. And maybe he will realize what he is doing.