5 signs you’re sending negative vibes
September 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
HR professionals are often in the position of having to say “no” to employees. Don’t make that negative perception worse with the nonverbal cues you may be inadvertently giving off.
Experts say that’s a particular problem with women in business.
But these are the habits that can hold you back professionally regardless of gender. All it takes is a single nonverbal tic to send a negative message, no matter how brilliant your ideas or rigorous your work ethic.
“Many of us have no idea that our nonverbal cues are making an impact,” says Carey O’Donnell, president of Carey O’Donnell Public Relations Group. “There are thousands of microexpressions, and people are reading these, even if they are only subconsciously translating these cues.”
You have just four minutes to make a first impression, and, according to a widely cited study by UCLA professor …
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