Power of Body Language

What is Bodhih’s Power of body language workshop all about?

Body language is about what we project through our body postures and non-verbal communication.

The difference between the words people speak and our understanding of what they are saying comes from non-verbal communication, otherwise known as “body language.”

By developing self-awareness about signs and body language, we can understand the subliminal messaging that is happening in our environment. Be it movements, gestures, facial expressions and even shifts in our whole bodies, body language is critical for it is always telling something or the other to us.

What is the Importance of Body Language?

However, the interpretation of Body language differs from culture to culture. What’s acceptable in one culture may be interpreted as disrespectful or brash in other cultures.Rather than anticipating certainty with their body language and gestures, they use so-called “diminishing poses,” or poses that impart an absence of confidence, strength, and initiative qualities. And here’s where things get intriguing: in the event that others don’t see you as a strong, confident leader, your chances of progressing in your career could be reduced.

When properly used, the power of body language can be your key to great achievements. It can help you create constructive business connections, impact and motivate the people who report to you, enhance efficiency, bond with colleagues; give your ideas more power. Apt usage of your body language projects confidence, credibility, and your personal brand of charisma.

What does Bodhih’s workshop on the power of body language focus on?

We can all adopt a few simple habits to make our body language friendlier at work: smile, don’t stand over people, don’t adopt gestures of disinterest when your co-workers are talking to you and feel free to nod to show you’re receiving information in a positive manner.

A person’s confidence and ability to perform a job will clearly reflect on the display of body language and how one composes himself. It also holds weight on the outcome of an assignment.

Positive body language and confidence are interconnected. If one is equipped with the required skills and asks the right questions, it would be clearly visible in his body language. Adequate preparation is the crucial first step to carry the right body language.

What are the positive results of body language that lead to professional success? Some of the key learning outcomes in Bodhih’s workshop on power of body language that participants appreciate through videos, role-plays, individual reflection and group discussions are the following –

1. Shows that you are focussed and interested: A speaker in a conversation would like to know if people are listening. Usage of non-verbal signals like nodding, maintaining eye contact and facing the speaker are clear signs of active listening and show the speaker that you are engaged in the conversation.
2. Influences People: A positive body language will highly influence people we interact with. A facial expression that carries a smile and releases positive signs will create a healthy environment for both the parties in conversation.
3. Frames the mental processes of communication: The mental process of communication is framed by the body language. The gestures used while speaking convey what the speaker will be speaking about and makes a good impression on the listeners. The flow of words should match with the gestures to make communication meaningful.

4) Accelerates the flow of speech while communicating: Speech production becomes active when we communicate with gestures particularly with the hand movements. Gestures are integrally linked to speech and can power up thinking. It is noted that people who involve gestures into their conversations see improvements in their verbal flow, a decrease in hesitation and use of fillers. Non-verbal communication stimulates a clearer thought process and enables one to speak in a more declarative language. Great public speakers and presenters are ones who have mastered the art of gestural communication through which they make their presentations memorable and inspiring.

Bodhih’s workshop on power of body language

provide participants with the complete guide to the techniques to maximize the power of body language. Through videos and class presentations, Bodhih’s facilitator provides real world illustrations for participants to practice power poses and also the negative ones to understand how energy can either be gathered or leaked through specific body poses.

Bodhih’s facilitators are seasoned professionals who create linkages between skills picked up in the workshops and then to apply them in participant’s current roles.

This is done through specific illustrations and analogies and is true for the next session at the power of body language – Non-verbal communication.

Through case studies, group exercises, video and facilitator led presentations, participants identify the nuances of non-verbal communications – pauses, facial expressions, active listening techniques of mirroring and rephrasing and also the actions of the listener during the conversations.

At Bodhih, power of body language program is a much-asked for session that is part of a larger behavioural skills training suite.

The session draws richly from research done on power of body language and published literature by professional image consulting companies.

How would you gain from India’s best ‘power of body language’ training workshop at Bodhih?

Bodhih customizes its body language training workshop along the ADDIE model. Workshop experiences are analysed, designed, developed and delivered that are solution focused and include a range of blended training pedagogy such as role plays, group exercises, self-assessment tools, management games, individual activities, videos, case studies, facilitation, discussions and more.

In addition to the ADDIE model, the power of body language program takes advantage of the experiential adult-learning process of concrete experience – reflective observation – abstract conceptualization – active experimentation.

The edge in Bodhih’s power of body language course comes from researched industry learnings, current best practices and academic insights. The work shop takeaways ensure that learnings are grasped and applied at all levels within a company and its individuals. The long-term benefits are to institutionalise power of body language like power poses and diminishing poses, and the nuances of non-verbal language including pauses, facial expressions and other mirroring techniques.

What is Bodhih’s promise on power of body language program?

Managers across industries and functions and executive level participants who have attended Bodhih’s sessions on power of body language, talk of the changed individual and team behaviours, namely, superior confidence levels, higher influencing abilities, and enhanced personal brand.

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