Body Language for Leaders and Managers
49mGeneral2023-09-29
Authors
Carol Kinsey Goman
Carol Kinsey Goman is an international speaker, specializing in the impact of body language on leadership.
Course details
Research shows that when your verbal and nonverbal signals are out of alignment, people are forced to choose between what they hear and what they see. And subconsciously, they'll believe your body language. In this course, workplace body-language expert Carol Kinsey Goman, PhD, explains how to use body language to your advantage as a leader or manager.
Carol details how body language is perceived—and often misread—and shares the nonverbal signals you need to know to make a positive first impression. She also shares tips for projecting leadership presence, including how to use cues to signal warmth, power, and confidence; connect with audiences during formal presentations; and keep your team engaged in virtual meetings. Plus, learn how to read body language, as well as recognize cultural and regional variations in nonverbal cues.
Learning objectives
Assess how your body language signals are perceived.
Discover how to align your body language with your words.
Determine how to make a positive first impression.
Identify how to convey confidence.
Evaluate your vocal tone.
Read body language in virtual meetings.
Carol details how body language is perceived—and often misread—and shares the nonverbal signals you need to know to make a positive first impression. She also shares tips for projecting leadership presence, including how to use cues to signal warmth, power, and confidence; connect with audiences during formal presentations; and keep your team engaged in virtual meetings. Plus, learn how to read body language, as well as recognize cultural and regional variations in nonverbal cues.
Learning objectives
Assess how your body language signals are perceived.
Discover how to align your body language with your words.
Determine how to make a positive first impression.
Identify how to convey confidence.
Evaluate your vocal tone.
Read body language in virtual meetings.
Skills covered
CommunicationLeadership SkillsProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Body language skills for leadership effectiveness
The Importance of Body Language for Leaders and Managers
- How communication is helped or hindered by body language
- Body language habits that send the wrong message
Projecting Leadership Presence
- Making a positive first impression
- Displaying the two essential sets of body language cues
- Warmth - The body language of empathy and inclusion
- Power - Displaying authority and confidence
- Body language for compelling presentations
Reading Body Language
- The advantage you gain by reading body language
- Improving accuracy in reading body language
- Body language across cultures
- Myths and truths of deception detection
Body Language in Virtual Settings
- Body language cues lost in virtual meetings
- Virtual body language for leadership presence
- Reading virtual body language
Conclusion
- Practicing body language skills