Love it or hate it, the modern workplace is now a global one. We communicate through screens, speak different languages, and have different cultural upbringings. Thankfully, a big part of effective ...

Popular depictions of body language often focus on the ability to decode lying, scan someone to detect defensiveness, or uncover other such negative behavior. The idea is that people may say one thing ...

As a leader, what you say is important, but it’s not the only message you’re sending. The impact of your communication is also strongly influenced by a subtle but powerful set of nonverbal cues, All ...

We can understand so much about what people are communicating by simply paying attention to their physical cues. Let’s say that you’re walking down the street and pass a guy who raises his arm in the ...

Body language is one of the most powerful tools we use to connect, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Over the years, a handful of popular ideas have become “rules” — even though science ...

In addition to your innate talent, acquired skills, and leadership ability, understanding how to display leadership presence is a key factor in your success. That’s because leadership presence is all ...

It was 2021, and the intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning to subside. I was young, ambitious, and incredibly impressionable, but also focused, curious, and filled with happiness—the ...

Jessica Taubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with the National Institute of Mental Health, USA. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge in remote ...

Body language is one of the most powerful tools we use to connect, but it's also one of the most misunderstood. Over the years, a handful of popular ideas have become "rules" — even though science ...

There’s a lot of misinformation about body language sloshing around in the information ocean that is the internet. Perhaps the most fundamental wrong-headed idea is that you can reliably read the body ...

Geoff Beattie has received funding from the ESRC for his work on gesture. Indeed, you can’t trust everything you read in body language guides. For example, in a book published in 1970, author Ray ...