How To Resolve Workplace Conflict With Body Language

Use your body to say “I really want to resolve this workplace conflict.”

1. Straighten your posture and square your body. This shows that you are engaged in this conversation.

1. Straighten your posture and square your body. This shows that you are engaged in this conversation.

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2. Widen your stance. This will force him to slightly widen his too, to match yours.

2. Widen your stance. This will force him to slightly widen his too, to match yours.

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3. Now widen your stance even more. This makes you powerful and very hard to tip over.

3. Now widen your stance even more. This makes you powerful and very hard to tip over.

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4. Now start to move your torso like this. This will make eye contact very difficult. He's really going to have to earn it!

4. Now start to move your torso like this. This will make eye contact very difficult. He's really going to have to earn it!

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