The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help--or Hurt--How You Lead [Hardcover]

Aspiring and seasoned leaders have been trained to manage their leadership communication in many important ways. And yet, all their efforts to communicate effectively can be derailed by even the smallest nonverbal gestures such as the way they sit in a business meeting, or stand at the podium at a speaking engagement. In The Silent Language of Leaders, Goman explains that personal space, physical gestures, posture, facial expressions, and eye contact communicate louder than words and, thus, can be used strategically to help leaders manage, motivate, lead global teams, and communicate clearly in the digital age.

• Draws on compelling psychological and neuroscience research to show leaders how to adjust their body language for maximum effect.
• Stands out as the only book to address specifically how leaders can use body language to increase their effectiveness
• Goman, a respected management coach, is widely considered as the expert in body language issues in the workplace

The Silent Language of Leaders will show readers how to take advantage of the most underused skills in the leadership toolkitnonverbal skillsto improve their credibility and stay ahead of the curve.

Introduction: The LeadershipBody Language Connection 1

1 Leadership At A Glance 13

Your Three Brains 15

Wired for Body Language 18

The Eye of the Beholder 20

Personal Curb Appeal 21

Five Mistakes People Make Reading Your Body Language 27

When Your Body Doesnt Match Your Words 32

The Body Language of a Great Leader 34

2 Negotiation 35

Four Tl|