If there were ever numbers associated with body language and nonverbal communication, they would be 55, 38, and 7. People often refer to these numbers as the standard for understanding nonverbal ...

Henry Pavel (not his real name), the CEO of a midsize software company, needs his team to generate creative ideas for a new product. At the team meeting, he sits behind a large desk. His mouth is set ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Cheryl Robinson covers areas of leadership, pivoting and careers. Have you considered the ripple effect your body language has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Cheryl Robinson covers areas of leadership, pivoting and careers. When we picture powerful leaders, certain traits come to ...

What do you know about nonverbal communication? My guess is that what you’ve learned, either in college or through popular media and common cultural lore, involves one or more of the following notions ...

When thinking about communication, we often default to written or spoken words. However, you say a lot without saying anything through your body language—and it can make or break whether people want ...

Despite rapid advancements in the science of assessments and a booming market for recruitment technologies, it is still virtually impossible for anyone to get a job without first going through a ...

We've all seen people who are so clearly in love that you can tell just by looking at them. Body language is a type of nonverbal communication, but we don't always know what signals we're sending (or ...

Do you ever feel like people can read your mind just by looking at you? Well, they probably can! Only 7% of our communication ...

Geoff Beattie has received funding from the ESRC for his work on gesture. Indeed, you can’t trust everything you read in body language guides. For example, in a book published in 1970, author Ray ...