The complete guide to mastering the art of effective body language Body Language For Dummies is your ideal guide to understanding other people, and helping them understand you. Body language is a critical component of good communication, and often conveys a bigger message than the words you say. This book teaches you how to interpret what people really mean by observing their posture, gestures, eye movements, and more, and holds up a mirror to give you a clear idea of how you're being interpreted yourself. This updated third edition includes new coverage of virtual meetings, multicultural outsourcing environments, devices, and boardroom behaviours for women, as well as insight into Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's research into how body language affects testosterone and cortisol, as published in the Harvard Business Review.
By:
Elizabeth Kuhnke (Executive Coach)
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 185mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9781119067399
ISBN 10: 1119067391
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 15 May 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General/trade
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ELT Advanced
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Body Language 5 Chapter 1: Defining Body Language 7 Chapter 2: Looking Closer at Non-Verbal Gestures 35 Part II: Starting at the Top 45 Chapter 3: Heading to the Heart of the Matter 47 Chapter 4: Watching Facial Expressions 63 Chapter 5: The Eyes Have It 77 Chapter 6: Mastering Lip Reading 95 Part III: The Trunk: Limbs and Roots 109 Chapter 7: Taking It From the Torso 111 Chapter 8: Arming Yourself 127 Chapter 9: Letting Your Hands Do the Talking 143 Chapter 10: Standing Your Ground 169 Chapter 11: Playing with Props 181 Part IV: Putting the Body into Social and Business Context 191 Chapter 12: Being Aware of Territorial Rights and Regulations 193 Chapter 13: Rating, Dating and Mating: Courting with Your Body 211 Chapter 14: Interviewing, Influencing and Playing Politics 231 Chapter 15: Crossing the Cultural Divide 255 Chapter 16: Reading the Signs 271 Part V: The Part of Tens 279 Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Spot Deception 281 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Reveal Your Attractiveness 289 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Find Out About Someone Without Asking 295 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Improve Your Silent Communication 303 Index 309
Elizabeth Kuhnke founded Kuhnke Communication - a team of expert and experienced subject specialists, known for providing consistently outstanding customer service. Their customers come from a wide range of industry and the professional services including, and not limited to: accountancy; law; manufacturing, and telecoms. The firm is also an avid supporter of the charity sector. Kuhnke Communication also has expertise in diversity issues and supports both the public and private sectors in this area. They specialize in interpersonal communication for both teams and individuals and is consistently acknowledged for providing top notch training, coaching and facilitating services in this field. Kuhnke Communication's team of associates are acknowledged experts in their fields. Their proficiency in areas such as cross-cultural communication, media skills, team-building and leadership is highly respected throughout the coaching industry. Elizabeth runs workshops, training courses and coaching programmes, and speaks regularly at business events and international conferences, so she will be very active in promoting the new edition at these events (as well as purchasing copies for them!). Her clients have included Vodafone, Gillette, KPMG, Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals and Rieter Automotive Systems.
