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How Consultants Make A Great First Impression At Client Meetings with Mark Bowden: Podcast #67

Consulting Success

First impression is really about human communication and how you can use your own behavior and body language to influence and persuade people. Mark Bowden is an expert in human behavior and body language and has helped people all over the world stand out with trust and gain credibility every time they communicate.

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Use the Power of Intention for Critical Conversations

Successful Independent Consulting

As consultants, our ability to communicate effectively is vital to our success. You might think you have no control over this — indeed you don’t — but you can certainly influence the other person’s perceptions through your words, body language and other non-verbal cues.

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What Is Active Listening?

Harvard Business

Active listening requires mastering many skills, including reading body language and tone of voice, maintaining your attention, and being aware of and controlling your emotional response. In this article, the author explains what active listening is and how to improve this essential communication skill.

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Remote Work & Office Work – Discovering the Mutual Benefits

Tom Spencer

For example, it can be hard to create the same dynamic during an online meeting since the majority of the meaning in our communication is conveyed via body language. However, this is not a complete solution since facial expression is only a small part of one’s body language. Final thoughts.

Meeting 158
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I’m Ok, You’re Ok – Assertiveness at work explained

The Management Centre

Why we need assertiveness Assertiveness is a communication skill, and displaying assertiveness is essential to working with others. Assertiveness is actually an interplay between how we communicate and how we treat the other person in the conversation. You are communicating directly and honestly as well as being kind and likeable.

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How to successfully negotiate anything (not just your salary)

Tom Spencer

Body language speaks louder than words (48% more to be exact). We have all heard that body language is important. Albert Mehrabian of UCLU concluded that human communication consists 55% of body language, 38% of voice tone and only 7% of actual spoken words. In his book Silent Messages, Prof.

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Virtual Meetings: Eight Rules of Etiquette

Tom Spencer

Don’t rely on body language to make your point. In-person interaction allows you to communicate via the additional medium of body language. Virtual meetings typically don’t allow room for much body language meaning you need to pay careful attention to your words.

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