Picture this. . . You’re in a business meeting and we can freeze time at a random moment. Images of every person in the meeting, at that moment, are displayed on a screen in front of the room. What would your image convey about you?Continue reading
Learn from this powerful metphor for taking the lead
Think about this. You are in a group meeting where you are not the chairperson. Think about how you would routinely participate in the meeting. Are you more prone to sit back, and have to be prompted in order to participate? Or, do you take the lead and contribute without prompting?Continue reading
How Mark Latham and Tony Abbott use their body language to intimidate
MARK Latham was less aggressive in confronting Tony Abbott than he was with Julia Gillard, and even seemed intimidated…
Cyclone Latham rides
Maximising positive impressions – your gaze
In a prior blog I mentioned that people will believe your certainty. They may not know if an idea is good or not – but they will believe how certain you are, that it is a good idea. Particularly with senior executive interactions, your gaze, will be very important in conveying your certainty or your lack of certainty.Continue reading
An explanation of the power of every impression you leave
Every time you interact with someone it forms an impression and a potential for loss or gain. Over time, if you maximise the number of positive impressions you leave, you’ll maximise your hit-rate in getting what you want (for example: more sales, action you want, influence etc).Continue reading