Hitting the right note at work

Setting the tone of the workplace is a core leadership skill that requires effective leaders to invest significant time and energy into the morale and energy of their team members.

Managers and business leaders can improve morale and productivity in the workplace simply by changing such nonverbal communication cues as body language.

What you express, verbally or non-verbally, can send productivity soaring or plummeting, depending on how you’re feeling. Staff will pick up on your signals very quickly and react accordingly. If you are in charge, you don’t have to say a word to set the tone in the office for the day.

This article looks at how body language, mood and a leader's emotional state of mind affects staff in the workplace. It offers tips and suggestions for those in management positions to help them improve morale, atmosphere and the general vibe of an office or work site.

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Created on Sep 18th 2012 20:11. Viewed 59 times.

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