Some workers cannot read or relate to body language and others forget its power. What kind of body language do people where you work speak? Did you know that body language is as relevant to winning customers and keeping enthused employees, as are words? How so…?
Walk into a staff room where the boss smile and waves his hand for you to sit down and you’ll relax and join his table. By contrast, … watch a manager ignore you and even angle his body so that you can not see others in the circle, and you sense the difference.
Body language may be subtle but it often speaks louder than words. An employee, who refuses to glance up when a customer approaches… a stern face when a joke is told… arms crossed before a conflict begins…. Have you met any of these?
Recently, the University of Iowa researchers show we can …“Understanding the meaning behind a person's posture or body movement comes easily to many people and helps guide how we react to others socially…. people with schizophrenia, even those who have mild to moderate symptoms and take medications, are not fluent in understanding body language”
The study’s details likely explains why some people find it harder to get that promotion, and other people landed it far too soon and ended up as your boss.
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