Effective communication is important for successful business relationships, whether with coworkers, clients, or executives in a company. What we don’t say can be as important as what we do say. For example, in a business training environment, there is a lot of talk about the handshake as a symbol of security in a person and the trust that it transmits to others. For this reason, in our business life, we...
One of the most exciting areas of communication is nonverbal language (body language), the art of expressing yourself without speaking. That is why it is known that non-verbal language has been the object of much study and also the origin of many myths. However, the influence of body language on our social performance is indisputable, as well as being an excellent mirror of the real emotions of our interlocutors. Without...
Body language is of core importance in communication. The Body language is misleading. A person can say one thing and think something completely different, or consciously deceive the interlocutor with lies. It is considerably more difficult to fool someone with body language since much of the body language expressions happen unconsciously. In many people, the facial expression and general posture clearly reveal what they are feeling. It can easily be...
Body language encompasses all the conscious and unconscious signals of the body that give information about the emotional state or the intentions of a person. Did you know that 55% of the message we want to convey is achieved through nonverbal gestures and postures? So, it is important that you recognize the signals that the body gives when starting a conversation to be able to discern when they tell you...