Your Body at Work: A Guide to Sight-reading the Body Language of Business Bosses and Boardrooms

HOW DO YOU MAKE IT IN BUSINESS?STOP LISTENING AND START WATCHINGYour Body at Work is a guide to seeing past the words that fill the hallways conference rooms and e-mails of your workplace and to deciphering the hidden meanings that lie behind them. Through real-life examples from the world of business and with background from the science of communication youll learn to sight-read colleagues and use your own body language to your best advantage. Youll find out:• How a co-workers hands much more than her words tell you how she felt about your presentation • Why gestures at a meeting are more memorable than words• When a shrug of the shoulders can mean the difference between job well done and job could be better• How to train a nosy boss to back off―without uttering a single word• What your shoes and your hair may be saying about your commitment to the job• Why youll find more smiley-face stickers in cubicles than in corner officesDavid Givens has been a consultant to some of the biggest companies in the United States. With his expertise hell help you look past the words so you can really read your workplace.