Monitor your body language and make sure it’s positive though your words may be negative.
Via The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism:
…the Harvard Business Review detailed research showing that when negative performance reviews were accompanied by positive body language, employees received them far better than they received positive reviews delivered with negative body language.
This piece originally appeared on Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
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