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Body Language for the Virtual World

Early this year a  transition started from face-to-face gatherings to virtual meetings.

In-person meetings bring a level of connection and trust that is difficult to get in virtual meetings.

Nonverbal cues are important for the right impact in the virtual meetings.

1.First impression

Judgment is made about attitude, confidence, professional status, and personal warmth.

Face to face meeting.  Impression is made by your physical energy, the way you carry yourself, gestures, eye contact and the pitch of your voice. First impression is made in about 7 sec.

Virtual meeting. It is gathered mainly from the facial expressions. It is much faster in hundreds of milliseconds. Have a pleasing, interested expression and enter the meet with correct expression.

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Some more Interesting Maxims for Leaders & Managers

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Showing is more effective then telling.

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Visitors always give pleasure.

If not when they come, then when they leave.

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When you Hear & you forget,

When you See & you remember,

When you Do & you Understand.

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Value Time.

It is a diminishing resource.

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You are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.

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To sell well you must tell well.

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Let your brain wear out and not rust out.

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Praise loudly,

Blame softly.

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Learn to listen.

Opportunity knocks very softly.

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You cannot give away kindness.

It always comes back.

 

More coming up

your comments and value addition is most welcome

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HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT & CULTURE

Any organization will do well if it has a healthy working environment. Responsibility of creating a good and productive environment rests with the senior leadership. Senior leadership not only has to insist and encourage but also lead by example to achieve this.

During four decades of working in the Air Force, few aspects related to good working environment appealed to me. I made these as my guiding principles. Some of these are as follows:-

  • Leadership: Everyone who has a subordinate working under him or her is a leader. All the leaders should follow what they advocate. Motto should be “DO AS I DO” rather than “DO AS I SAY”. Also there should be Fairness, Honesty and Transparency in all their dealings.
  • Sell or Tell Type of Leadership: Younger generations have ready access to information and are very aware. The leadership style has to change with times. Giving a task and explaining the rationale behind it generates better acceptability and involvement. Need is for more of SELL type approach rather than TELL type of leadership.

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