Your employees have a lot of thoughts. Most of those thoughts they don't share– especially with you.

At times their silence is a good thing, especially where your ego or their employment status might be concerned, but their silence also may keep you from understanding what your employers really think and what they really need from you.

Consider whether your employees might be thinking one or more of the following:

1. “Please don't talk to me about your personal life.” Talking about subjects that aren't work related helps build a personal relationship, but many people fall back on talking about themselves when they don't know the other person well. Employees, especially new employees, have no interest in hearing about your go-to topics like your last vacation or your antique collection or your beach house.

New employees want to feel like they belong, but more importantly they want to know how they're doing. Long-term employees want to know you care about them; talking about yourself only shows you care about yourself. Find out the other six from this Inc.com article.

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