The Overall Body Position
Understanding Body Language Training Course
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There are four types of behaviour in social and working life: aggressive, manipulative, submissive and assertive. We see them everywhere in every culture.
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Unconscious Body Language
We all recognise many of the unconscious body language behaviours known as 'Stress Indicators'. Desmond Morris catalogues some in his book 'people watching':odd facial expressions, yawns, avoiding eye contact, glazed expressions, grinding teeth, flushing, sweating. This video goes into the detail.
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Mirror
Whenever we meet someone at a table, are standing with others in an elevator, or walking side-by-side, we're subtly adjusting our sense of synchronisation and parity, how closely or how far apart we remain, whether our limbs are extending forward and/or backward in synch. Even whether we have fol...
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Charisma
Charisma, or what body language scholars call referent power exists in the eyes of the beholder, and we can see the effects of someone's charisma in the body language of others around them. For example, when an important, charismatic Managing Director enters a room, others may go silent.
