What are the first thoughts that cross your mind when you wake up in the morning? Oh great, another miserable cold day.These kids are driving me crazy.I have to meet with my boss today.I hate my job.This house is such a mess.I have so much to study before my final.I am so tired.Need coffee! Now. …
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The following might seem ridiculously obvious, and what I will suggest as a behavioural practice almost childishly simplistic. Next time you are in a meeting make a conscious assessment of those in attendance. Determine those who are nervous, engaged, self-conscious, assured, compliant, the power players, the disengaged or the negative. Do this before the meeting …
Over 40 years ago, a man named Dr Albert Mehrabian sought to unpack the effects of verbal versus non-verbal communication, including the effects of conflicting messages. Why is it that someone who is stamping their feet while yelling “I’m not angry”, does not come across as congruent? In his study, he reflected that interpersonal communication …
When you become a story-teller, you can visually inhabit a character. Through simple adjustments to your physiology you could convey the idea of being an old woman, an astronaut or present a debate like an attorney at law. It is a form of performance that would be more intriguing, wouldn’t you agree? We recently watched …
Do you realise how much you communicate through your posture? Posture is the way we stand, walk and sit, the way we carry ourselves on a moment to moment basis. Have you ever had the experience of sitting in a meeting when someone walks in very sloppily and collapses into the seat? Their head slowly …
