AVS-4000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Amy Cuddy, Active Listening, Caveman
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Exercise: imagine that you are the leader of a group project for one of your courses and are responsible for giving feedback to each individual team member. Darcy, is an excellent writer but takes several days to return message. How might you deliver this criticism constructively: there is no right or wrong answer. Ability comes naturally while a skill comes only with learning. How can you use body language to indicate to someone that you are paying attention to them: smiling makes a good first impression, nodding is good to indicate that you are interested in what someone is saying. Exaggerated hand gestures can be distracting, though: don"t fiddle or fidget with your hem, jewelry, or hair, take notes when in a meeting or a professional setting. There are two critical things to remember when meeting someone for the first time: warmth this must come first.