The TrumpShake Saga Continues with the Comey Shake-Hug

Here’s another Maclean’s video interview where I am asked about the non-verbal communication of President Trump with others, including James Comey.  It’s a quick analysis of Trump’s ‘aggressive’ off-balancing TrumpShake, his open arm and head nod gesture (including chin thrust) to James Comey, and Comey’s initial hesitations, uncomfortable hand-wringing gesture and his seemingly strong desire […]

What Does Your Handshake Say? Learn These Tips

Everyone is talking about President Trump’s power handshakes, and today everyone is proud of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not allowing Trump to bully-handshake him at their White house meeting yesterday.  I was contacted yesterday myself by Maclean’s Magazine for an interview on my thoughts on their non-verbal communication. That short video can be […]

Body Language of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Your browser does not support frames. <a href=”http://globalnews.ca/video I was interviewed by a Global TV news reporter on the body language and non-verbal communication of our mayor, Rob Ford.

Body Language and Eye Reading Article

Hello, There is a pretty good article on Body Language and specifically Eye Reading on Kevin Hogan’s weekly newsletter here: Go to Get the latest in persuasion news! Weekly ezine from Kevin Hogan. Yours free when you click here. That is his homepage. On the upper left corner you will see his latest weekly articles. […]

Communication is Needed for Leadership

I wanted to share with you this excerpt from Dan Schabel’s blog, whom I don’t know, as he interviewed an author, speaker and coach that I do follow, Larina Case, PsyD, MBA. This topic focuses on the importance of communication and confidence (my 2 favourite subjects) and leadership skills. For the full blog article, please […]

Body Language – Is It Really Useful?

“Do you know about body language?” Ask someone this and they will probably say “oh yes. I should make eye contact but not stare at someone too long, I should not cross my arms because it looks closed, and I should not slouch at meetings, etc.” Okay, that information EVERYONE knows. But I have to […]

Body Language & Face-Reading Resources

I recently presented an interactive seminar on body and face reading at a Toronto law firm. At the end I gave them some resources, just in case they wanted to learn more about this art/science. So then I thought I should also let you, my faithful readers, get in on this knowledge! For those interested, […]

Body Language Resource

Hello everyone, I have recently been asked if I would let everyone know about a new resource out of the U.K. It is a website that contains tons of articles on Body Language. You could spend a lot of hours here. The strength of the site is its variety and specific topics. Ironically, the weakness […]

Improve your body language, improve your confidence!

Improve your body language, improve your confidence! The way that you move your body and walk has an enormous effect on the way that you feel and your confidence levels. Let’s start with an exercise. Imagine there are two people standing in front of you – one with “negative body language” and one with “positive […]

Body Language Quick Hints

The way that we communicate non-verbally with our appearance, posture, gesture, gaze and expression can be such a powerful tool in the way that we feel and when communicating with others. The manner in which you communicate your interpersonal skills are very important.  Effective communication is vital if you are going to succeed no matter […]