Body language

What is body language and why is it important to becoming a master communicator?

Your body language includes your gaze and facial expression; how you move, carry and conduct your body and how you gesture.

Body language is critical for a master communicator. Whenever someone sees you it forms an impression and a potential for loss or gain. Subtle movements, minor gestures and your gaze can undermine or contribute to you owning a conversation.

Master your body language with this collection of articles.

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AFR Commissioner, Krissy Barrett’s Debut: A Lesson in Gravitas and Authority

What Jon Hamm Can Teach Us About Owning the Conversation

My analysis of Konstantin Kisin’s powerful speech at ARC 2025

World Champion Toastmaster Speech: What Worked & What Didn’t

Al Pacino Unleashed: In a League of His Own

How to communicate like George Clooney

Are you being judged by the way you speak?

Do you take the emotion out of your communication?

Michael Kelly quoted in the Financial Review article – How to avoid a car crash interview

When under pressure, are you brilliant at the basics?

Michael Kelly quoted in the Financial Review article – Are octogenarians like Biden and Trump fit to govern?

Confident, composed, clear & convincing. My analysis of RBA Governor’s 1st press conference

Get promoted more quickly, by solving problems

You’ll be replaced, if you’re not a excellent communicator

Did you believe the messenger? My analysis of the Optus CEO’s response to the outage

The secret to projecting power and influence

Analysis of Qantas CEO update

How to interject in a meeting

When using a story can have negative consequences

Do you have what it takes to be an enterprise leader?

Conquer fear when presenting

Learn from Morgan Freeman’s gravitas

Powerful, subtle techniques to ‘own a room’

Learn from the magnetism of former U.S. president Bill Clinton

Robert F. Kennedy’s 50% rule for being successful

Here’s how to feel more comfortable with small talk

Scoring NSW Premier D. Perrottet and NSW Opposition leader C. Minns

Don’t make this mistake at the start of your job interview

What separates experts from amateurs

This little known speech may be Obama’s best

Passion sells – How to engage and excite your listeners

Learn from one of the greatest U.S. speeches of the last 40 years

Q&A is not the time to make a speech

Here’s how to ‘own’ and occupy physical space when communicating

Sunak’s statesmanlike performance in PM speech

Analysis of Optus CEO’s response to cyber attack

Eckhart Tolle’s secret for speaking without fear

Measured, believable speaking from Union Leader Alex Claassens

Lessons on ‘How to Speak’ from luminary MIT Professor

How top leaders welcome feedback

7 ways to make an impact without speaking

Is your handshake letting you down?

Powerful body language techniques you can use immediately

Launching my Social Responsibility for seniors

Captivate your audience through charismatic speaking

Impactful quotations to improve how you communicate

Accenture CEO on how to package a message

Anthony Albanese – How stumbling when you speak undermines your message

Stop Press! New ‘Behind the Voice’ YouTube channel launch

The key reason why Boris Johnson is still U.K. Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese’s best speech to date

How to move past ‘feeling inauthentic’ when communicating

Can people set their clock by what you say?

Medvedev’s self-destructive beliefs

Are you just winging your presentations?

If you’re hesitant to ask for help – you’re an amateur

Leadership lessons from psychopaths

Every meeting is an opportunity for self-branding

Do you have a policy for hybrid meetings?

Remembering Colin Powell

Ernest Hemingway on getting the words right

Leadership lessons from former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer

When you open Q&A – never use this question

Canadian PM Justin TRUDEAU on how to HANDLE a QUESTION

WHY your VIRTUAL communication STILL needs WORK

LEARN the art of APOLOGY from former UK PM, David CAMERON

Don’t CHOKE with this TIP from Ash BARTY’S Mindset Coach

How to COMMUNICATE like George CLOONEY

Why you CHOKE & what to DO about it

WIN Your PITCH with this Tip from KOBE Bryant’s Coach

Why we’re still NOT listening to Anthony Albanese

How Gen. Colin POWELL projects CERTAINTY when he communicates

5 top tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

How to communicate like DENIRO & PACINO

HOW does Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi PERFORM in an INTERVIEW?

HOW a DOCTOR’S, exam prep TIPS can HELP you

Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

WHAT is Your BODY Language SAYING about YOU?

SALES people: ARE You ARTICULATE in a sales CONVERSATION?

The WORDS You Speak, MATTER

Executives: Can YOU Be Compassionate and DEMANDING?

All AGREEMENTS are with YOURSELF

34 MISTAKES I see EXECUTIVES make

HOW to INTRODUCE Yourself – the RIGHT Way

The BEST Communication – Right MESSAGE, Right TONE…RFK

KEYS to BRINGing out the BEST in YOURSELF and others

The RIGHT way to SIT, stand, GESTURE & move your BODY

BIDEN – impassioned, GENUINE & statesmanlike in victory SPEECH

VIDEO: Communication TIPs when WEARING a face MASK

Are YOU a WALKING Health HAZARD?

Five SURE FIRE ways to UP your LISTENING Game

The DANGER of NO Face-to-FACE meetings

EVERY TIME you SPEAK, you’re AUDITIONING for leadership

Obama’s SPEECH at 2020 DNC, Deconstructed

HOW to correctly SPEAK when WEARING a Face MASK

Are YOU demonstrating AMBIGUOUS leadership?

HOW to ‘SELL’ yourself and your MESSAGE – James SPADER

HOW to be MEMORABLE when everyone else is FORGETTABLE

HOW to DEAL with an AGGRESSIVE audience member – OBAMA masterclass

Job INTERVIEW? Do you KNOW how to NAIL the CRUCIAL first 7 minutes

Do you HAVE a PLAYBOOK for video office SET-UP and VIRTUAL communication?

HOW does Joe BIDEN come ACROSS in person? – first person EXPERIENCE

The ART of Communication through VIDEO conferencing – GEMS

How to STOP being perceived as SUBMISSIVE and START projecting YOURself with CONFIDENCE

GUIDE on WHEN to do FACE to Face versus VIDEO meetings, RE-visited

DOES your BODY language PROJECT self-DOUBT in video meetings?

ARE you FACING up to DIGITAL communication?

WHY being ASSERTIVE in VIDEO meetings, PAYS-off

Guide for WHEN to do FACE to Face vs VIDEO meetings

What’s the BEST facial EXPRESSION to ENTER with?

LEARN how NOT, to DAYDREAM

FIX your VIDEO conference ‘look’ – NOW

VIDEO conference communication MASTERY – 2 minute SERIES

Will the handshake SURVIVE?

How to MAKE your VOICE sound FRESH & NEW

LEADERSHIP tips from former TWITTER MD

REQUIRED reading for LEADERS – E. Shackleton’s LESSONS

PM Morrison’s STATESMANLIKE presentation

LEARN from D. Pink’s ENERGY, CERTAINTY & dry HUMOUR

5 PROVEN tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

OWNING space – DON’T ‘GLUE’ your UPPER arms

DON’T walk away – LEADERSHIP communication when ATTACKED

Do you MAKE this MISTAKE in the BOARDROOM?

What MATTERS is WHAT the ‘customer’ PERCEIVES’, pt.2

B. Hartzer – what matters is what the ‘customer’ perceives

ASK for HELP with this TESTED technique

TONY Blair – BELIEVABILITY

How DEEPLY do you UNDERSTAND your DOMAIN?

DON’T Present LIKE Steve JOBS

GESTURE & SPEAK like you OWN the room – MASTERclass

CEO Wisdom – DISTILLED

What MAKES for a TOP executive COMMUNICATOR

STOP Press: NEW Video – PLAN and DELIVER memorable presentations

GENERAL C. Powell’s BEST under-PRESSURE techniques

North Korean DEFECTOR Y. Park’s SPEAKING LESSON

LEARN from the IDEAL Orator – CICERO

M. Obama’s ORATORY revisited – Enthusiasm ‘SELLS’

‘MIRACLE on the Hudson’ SULLY’S daily deposit LESSON

T. Friedman of NYT shows HOW to ‘OWN’ SPACE

FLAT, uninspiring, stilted FIRST SPEECH – A. Albanese

RUSHING is junior – ‘OWNING’ time … is senior

D. TRUMP & H. CLINTON debate analysis RE-VISITED

PM Morrison WINS first election DEBATE

Are you a ‘PRE-PACKAGED’ leader?

PM S. Morrison LOSING his COOL

DIGNITY – J. Gillard’s concession speech RE-VISITED

How NOT to be INTERRUPTED at LT & Board presentations

Are you one of those SERIOUS looking executives?

Why Obama LOOKED like a leader – and G.W. Bush didn’t

Ken Henry’s 7:30 ABC interview body language, deconstructed

“What people say and do in the most innocent situations . . .

An analysis of Sam Stosur’s body language

Gold standard in short-form TV reporting / A. Kohler

How to sit, stand, gesture & move your body in the right way

‘Paid off’ points you can use right away

My top presenting tips

How to project energy – Lessons from Bradley Cooper

Here’s what you can learn from A. Lincoln’s oratory

How to walk, so you don’t get mugged

Avoid this handshaking mistake

Project energy in your body with these 7 techniques

Avoid this body language error in the boardroom

What the face of medicore leaders looks like

A body language mistake – Lesson from Tony Abbott

An important point about what your body language is conveying

Use this pratical gesture technique to drive home a point

The danger of ‘fake it til you make it’. A re-frame of Amy Cuddy

Avoid distracting your audience with this ‘Calm the arm’ technique

How being good at poker can help you be a better presenter

Do you make any of these first impression mistakes

A body language presentation to use when you’re attacked

3 Barack Obama presentation mastery techniques

Learn from Alan Joyce’s composure under extreme pressure

“So much of leadership is in their eyes. . .”

How to walk, so you don’t get mugged

Roman orator Cicero’s ‘how to carry yourself’ advice

Avoid this body langauge mistake in the boardroom

Be brave by using this body language technique

Why you should use this eye contact technque when presenting

How to move in stand up presentations to project certainty

You can learn from this comedian presentation technique

How to ‘hold the floor’ in a meeting

How to project certainty when shaking hands

How to project certainty and look intelligently curois

Maximising positive impressions – your gaze

First impression – long, lost friend technique

A surprising finding about first impressions, from Harvard

Three powerful techniques to look like a leader

Body language ‘to do/not do’ from K. Rudd and T. Abbott

Why you need to project certainty

What not to do. T. Abbott’s physical presentation

The body language signs that you’re fatigued

A key Learning from Obama’s body language

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