Creating Personal Impact for Career Advantage - First Impression - How to Use Posture and Gesture

How can you use posture and gesture to create a good first impression at a business meeting? You know your personal impact is important, but you can't help showing how you really feel through your posture and your gestures. So, it's time to take control of them, right now. Watching this Video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details) This video is part of course module number 1.5.1 Program 1: Managing Yourself Course 5: Personal Impact Section 1: First Impression Primary videos that preceed this video include: - First Impression - Appearance https://youtu.be/wQKttXHMVps - First Impression - Positive Attitudes https://youtu.be/eWlV1A6tHow Primary videos that follow this video include: Next take a look at our videos on Assertiveness LESSON NOTES ============ Posture is how you use your body as a whole. Gesture refers to the movements of your hands and your head, to support the message you are communicating, and give it more impact. - Upright, open and symmetric body postures give the best first impression - People look at faces, so your eyes and mouth are crucial - We naturally use our hands and arms to contribute to the messages we want to deliver - Getting your handshake right is a key business, professional, and management skill RECOMMENDED EXERCISE ====================== 1. Start to pay attention to your posture and gestures when you are at work and, particularly, when you meet people for the first time. What do you notice? (2 MC CPD Points) 2. Make a list of the aspects of posture and gesture that are important to get right in your culture. Use that list to prioritise the top three changes you need to make. (2 MC CPD Points) 3. At you next three meetings, practice the improvements you want to make. After each meeting, reflect on what you observed and learned. (3x2 MC CPD Points) DOWNLOADS =========== Free Resources - CPD Tools - https://gum.co/MC-CPD Paid resources - Management Courses Onboarding Kit - https://gum.co/MC-ObK ($3) RECOMMENDED READING ===================== - What Every Body Is Saying https://geni.us/ZeAUTi - Book of Tells https://geni.us/5KT8zJA Management Courses Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points =========================================================== You can record your Management Courses CPD points on our free, downloadable CPD record log. Download it here: https://gum.co/MC-CPD Each video has two levels of MC CPD points. For this video: - If you simply watched the video, record 2 MC CPD points - If you also carried out all of the recommended exercises, score a total of 12 MC CPD points ___ Note: Links to our book recommendations are affiliated through Amazon