The Definitive Book of Body Language

Interviews, Power Plays and Office Politics

Direct body pointing keeps things serious

When you position your body 45 degrees away from the other
person, you take the pressure off the interview. This is an
excellent position from which to ask delicate or embarrassing
questions, encouraging more open answers to your questions
without them feeling as if they are being pressured.

The right 45 degrees away position

How to Re-arrange an Office

Having read this far in the book, you should now be able to
work out how to arrange an office to have as much power,
influence or control as you want or to make it as relaxed,
friendly and informal as you want. Here now is a case study
showing how we rearranged someone's office to help solve
some of his personal manager/employee relationship prob-
lems.