A new study examined whether people can acquire attitudes toward other individuals from the nonverbal signals that are directed toward them. If you were to meet two new people, and others seem to be ...

My last column on emotional intelligence hit a cord with many readers and I wanted to continue by focusing on social awareness, which is the ability to read situations and other people’s feelings.

Nonverbal communication is everything except the written and spoken word. People are always communicating; even silence sends a message to those around you. Mehrabian, a professor at University of ...

How can your business improve non-verbal communication skills with women customers and create a better overall experience? Reputation management and creating positive word-of-mouth with women begins ...

Does a mention of the importance of nonverbal communication spark fear or curiosity for you? Perhaps a mix of both? You know communication is more than the words you speak and write. But what about ...

For better or worse, business leaders are always on display. Did you know that you constantly send nonverbal messages that shape others' opinions of you? Successful leaders use nonverbal cues — such ...

What motivated me to spend fifty years investigating facial expressions, gestures, emotion and lies? Why these topics, which had been abandoned as fruitless by the academic establishment? In much of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carol Kinsey Goman is a contributor on body language and presence. Oct 22, 2025, 11:00am EDT It’s not enough to say the right ...

A few years ago, I was giving a presentation to the CEO of a financial services company, outlining a speech on “Leadership Presence” I was scheduled to deliver to his organization the next day. And it ...