Employee Body Language Revealed

You can gauge people’s openness towards you, and, therefore, be able to adjust your body language to match theirs; this will show them that you understand them.

hints to the true meaning behind those words.

Do not be so focused on what is being said, since you may miss body language

This means the key to determining your level of acceptance is gauging the level of consistency between their verbal and nonverbal clues.

The purpose of being able to read someone’s body language is to understand the level of acceptance you have received with that individual.

in agreement with what you have to say, but is avoiding eye contact with you at the same time. Even when the other party is leaning back and smiling at you, a variance occurs in the person’s openness. When a person is leaning back it signifies that he or she is trying to put as much distance between the two of you as the space will allow, indicating that he or she is not happy with how the conversation is going, while the smile indicates they are just appeasing you for the time being.

Variances in body language occur more often than not. For instance, a variance in openness occurs when the other party is nodding

you are getting mixed signals, then you will have a low amount of consistency. With a low level of consistency, it will be difficult to determine the impression you are leaving them with.

If your audience is open or closed towards your message, then your level of consistency will be at a high point.

When presenting anything to another party, you should quickly determine their openness to your ideas, this way you can change up your approach to make the outcome better.