The Power of Body Language

Since body language is so important I wanted to include back-to-back posts about it. Body language isn't always the top priority when it should be.

Below is a video from Tonya Reiman about her book. She critiqued pedestrians in New York City by only looking at their body language:

Tonya addressed:

• Position of your feet
• Power position
• Pointing out your best assets
• How to get someones attention
• Intimate zone stance
• Dominance
• Your appearance statement

How aware are you of your body language? Do you try hard to make a good first impression? When you watch a speech, do you notice good or bad non-verbal communication? We'll be happy to answer your questions.

Rudy Giuliani on Leadership

Are you elected official and searching for a role model? Rudy Giuliani is an example of a mayor who enacted policies that benefited the whole community by creating jobs, cutting crime, and taxes. Watch this short video to see Giuliani's vision on leadership.

His main points are:

1. Leaders are made by studying and listening to good role models
2. Learn as much about your business as possible
3. The most effective test of good leader-people who work for you come to you for advice

Some of Giuliani's accomplishments are:

• Crime went down 57%
• Murder was reduced by 65%
• New York City was recognized by the FBI as the safest large city in America for over five years
• Implemented the largest and more successful welfare-to-work programs (cut welfare rolls in half-640,000 people off of government programs)
• $2.5 billion tax reductions resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars that were returned to the private sector
• Turned $2.3 billion deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus
• 45,000 new private sector jobs and higher tourism

What leadership techniques did Giuliani use that you can apply? Why do you think he was an effective leader? Why wasn't he an effective leader?