Workshop 3: Practicing non verbal skills

Watch the proposed video about body language

(Positive Body Language Video by Cristen Ober).

Can you recall and write down the 3 basic elements of positive body language?

Look at the pictures from 1 to 6 (Appendix: Table 2) and put the sentences in the right order regarding the body language of each image:

Look at the pictures from 1 to 6 (Appendix: Table 2). Then answer the following two questions:

• Who would you like to approach? Write down one statement about the posture, the eye contact and the facial expressions of the image that you chose.

• Who would you not like to approach? Write down one statement about the posture, the eye contact and the facial expressions of the image that you chose.

For example:
I would like to approach the mother because she looks welcoming and happy. He also looks tired and has downward eye contact
very interested because she is sitting up straight. She has open eyes, looking straight at her baby.

Practice the following technique: Sit back. Focus for 10 sec. Listen. Reply.
Now, answer the following question: Why do you think empathy is important to be a good leader?

Why do you think empathy is important to being an effective teacher/parent?

Read the characteristics of the “good listener (Appendix: Table 3) and make your own list with those that represent you most.