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  • Essay / Body Language Required for Business Relations - 1464

    SummaryIn recent years, demand from banks, restaurants and warehouses has increased. This has however led to the hiring of better employees to run such different types or categories of businesses and hence also brought emphasis on better body language which is essential in business dealings in order to grow or expand up to a certain level where higher profitability is achieved. .Body language required for business dealingsIntroductionSocial skills include appropriate body language for business dealings. The importance of time, the use of vocabulary, the way a person reacts to a particular situation, their self-confidence are just some of the elements covered in the subject. is “body language”. Only 7-11% of your communication is conveyed by the words you choose to speak. Even though the text (what you say) is clearly vital for communication to take place, what you do while you say it (your body language) can have a truly dramatic effect on the message the other person receives. . Here we are talking about the difference between content and context. The construction of words and sentences is the content. How you say them and what you do while you say them depends on the context. Full context is everything other than the words that can be seen and heard (experienced) by everyone involved. As we examine it, we begin to see that body language is only part of this context. The other parts are: Where you are sitting/standing Who else is in the room Time of day, week, year History of previous communications The body language component can be roughly divided into three parts A things you can't do anything about - your gender, your race, your age, your height, etc. Two What you can, with effort, change - your dress, your hair, your weight, etc. Three elements you already have and can choose to use - gesture, eye contact, voice, etc. The most powerful of these is eye contact. Just try getting a server's attention without making eye contact and you'll see how strong the impact of not making eye contact can be. There is no credible way to learn new body language gestures because they always seem artificial or bolted on. The way to approach changing your body language is to think of it as a “style.” When you think about your dress, your accent, your gestures and your style, you can begin to deploy them at will..