by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Body Language Myths, Gestures & Hand Position, Interviews & Promotions, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, One-on-One Interactions, Receptivity, Space, Voice Pattern
How to Get People to Open Up As a coach, I can do my job a whole lot better when my clients feel comfortable sharing themselves with me. But I’m not the only one. You need this skill, too. Whether you’re an HR manager interviewing a job candidate, an attorney...
by Rachel Beohm | Breathing, Confidence, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Presence
One Key Way to Demonstrate Confidence In the face of crisis, you cannot stay calm without confidence. You can be apathetic. That’s nihilism, not calmness. That’s doubtfulness and uncertainty that leads to giving up—the complete opposite of confidence. True...
by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Breathing, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Presence, Receptivity
Start Using Your Whole Brain It’s the time of year when spirits—and tensions—are high, schedules are out of whack, and everyone is consuming way more sugar and alcohol than usual. (Well, maybe not everyone. My kids haven’t had any alcohol lately.) A friend...
by Rachel Beohm | Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication
When Your “Help” Leads to Harm In your professional life, your interactions with others directly affect the success of your business and your own personal wellbeing. In every exchange, you have choices: You can perpetuate bad habits or you can foster growth. Do...
by Rachel Beohm | Ideal Life, Leadership, Presence
Powering Presence “Stand up tall and close your eyes,” I told my client. “Now, stretch your right arm out in front of you… sweep it up above you… and now circle all the way back behind you.” He did. “Let’s do that again,” I said, “but this time I want you to...
by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Confidence, Interviews & Promotions, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, One-on-One Interactions, Posture & Body Position, Presenting to a Group, Receptivity, Voice Pattern
Cultivate the Three Elements of Trust Human interactions rely on trust. We constantly gauge others and try to determine “friend or foe?” from the first second we’re introduced. Others constantly assess us, too. The “Trust Meter” rises and falls throughout specific...
