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SMALL-TALK-MASTERY5 MIN READ

Sort the SCARF Signal

Classify small-talk signals by SCARF domain.

Sort each small-talk signal into the SCARF domain it most clearly points to. Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness A colleague is corrected twice in a joke-filled way and stops contributing A contractor asks, "Are we doing introductions or waiting for the sponsor?" Someone is volunteered to tell a personal story and becomes stiff Two people keep using old project nicknames while a new teammate watches silently Only one department gets thanked during casual wrap-up comments A senior person repeats a junior person's idea as if it were new

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