El Lenguaje No Verbal en Los Negocios
El Lenguaje No Verbal en Los Negocios
El Lenguaje No Verbal en Los Negocios
verbal en las negociaciones y nos presenta unas pinceladas de cómo usar esta
poderosa herramienta para aprender a ser más eficaces a la hora de cerrar un trato,
ya sea para negociar el sueldo en una oferta de trabajo, fijar la hora de llegada de
una fiesta de nuestro hijo adolescente o concretar el acuerdo de alianza entre dos
empresas.
son Hui Zhou y Tingqin Zhang os sea de mucha utilidad. Esta semana os
presentamos una primera parte en la que se habla de los tipos de lenguaje no verbal
en la negociación y la semana que viene publicaremos las ideas que estos autores
Mucha gente puede pensar que en una negociación con éxito las partes que
proyectar una mayor confianza, transmitir una imagen más consolidada, persuadir,
influir y vender mejor, conseguir que la gente se encuentre a gusto ante nosotros,
Los autores del artículo destacan seis aspectos importantes del lenguaje no verbal:
en una conversación. Según estudios realizados, parece que hay cuatro distancias
1, 30 metros a 3 metros. Hay que tener muy en cuenta que también varía en función
de la personalidad y de la cultura.
nos permite potenciar nuestras ventajas naturales, sin embargo, es más importante
Hay estudios que han demostrado que el atractivo físico afecta la manera en la te
percibes a ti mismo y la forma en la que te perciben los demás. La ropa que usamos
3 Contacto visual
Este es un aspecto importante del lenguaje no verbal. Se podría elaborar una lista
de “reglas” sobre el contacto visual: mirar o no mirar, cuando mirar y durante cuánto
personas se conocen, la cultura americana exige que debe haber contacto visual.
Esto se aplica tanto para el que habla como para el que escucha. Para cualquiera
de los dos no mirar a la otra persona podría implicar desprecio, impaciencia, entre
otras cosas, incluso en un discurso público debería haber mucho contacto visual. Si
un ponente se dedica solo a leer el documento sin ser capaz de levantar la cabeza
tan solo unos instantes para mirar a la audiencia estaría muy mal visto.
Por ejemplo, la cultura china evita el contacto visual directo para mostrar cortesía o
respeto, mientras que los estadounidenses consideran que mirar a los ojos es
estuvieran ocultando algo, porque ninguno de ellos le miró a la cara durante toda la
presentación. Este hecho casi arruina la relación comercial. La empresaria dijo. “Lo
complejas.
4 La expresión facial
canal más expresivo, sino que también parece ser el tipo de comportamiento no
verbal que a la gente le cuesta más controlar. Sin embargo, las expresiones faciales
5 Gestos
Los gestos son el movimiento expresivo de una parte del cuerpo, especialmente de
las manos y la cabeza. La gente habla con sus manos, pero lo que significa depende
de cada cultura. Al igual que con el lenguaje verbal, el código del lenguaje no verbal
culturas.
Sisear con el dedo índice en los labios significa silencio en el Reino Unido, Estados
China.
Los especialistas del estudio del lenguaje no verbal destacan que un solo gesto no
tiene significado por sí mismo. Para entender por completo a una persona, hay que
prestar atención a todas las señales que está enviando y el contexto en el que las
6 La postura
a sus anfitriones árabes cruzando las piernas durante una reunión pública, puesto
los hombros hacia atrás, con la cabeza alta demuestra confianza, energía y
audiencia. Por el contrario una postura relajada, los brazos sin cruzar, y con falta de
rigidez indican apertura y sin obstáculos de comunicación. Por otro lado, los
How one is sometimes more important than its content message is transmitted.
negotiations and presents some touches of how to use this powerful tool to learn to
be more effective in closing a deal, either to negotiate salary in a job, set the time of
arrival of a party of our teenage or specify the alliance agreement between two
companies son.
We hope this article published by the Canadian Center for Science and Education
"International Journal of Business and Managament" and authored by Hui Zhou and
Zhang Tingqin will be very useful. This week we present a first part where we talk
about the types of nonverbal language in negotiating and next week we will publish
the ideas that these authors provide on how to use and understand this tool in the
negotiation process.
Many people may think that a successful negotiation the parties involved must
master to perfection the language skills of negotiation, and to some extent, they're
right. But many negotiators do not pay attention to nonverbal communication and
We must therefore bear in mind the importance of learning the nonverbal language
in negotiation because it can greatly improve our lives in many ways. With patience,
persistence and practice we can use patterns of nonverbal behavior to more easily
detect the truth and falsehood, to project more confidence, convey a more
consolidated image, persuade, influence and sell better, get people to be at ease
only aware of the verbal message in an agreement, we would probably lose most of
the general communication. Being aware of the two messages, verbal and nonverbal
The authors of the article highlights six important aspects of nonverbal language:
conversation. According to studies, it appears that there are four main distances.
Intimate, personal, social and public (on this subject already published a lengthy
must bear in mind that also varies depending on personality and culture.
2 Image and physical contact
With physical appearance also we send messages. Plays an important role in the
first impression. We need to be aware of the effect that our image is in nonverbal
Studies have shown that physical attractiveness affects the way you perceive
yourself and the way others perceive you. The clothes we wear affects the
overlook the importance of personal clothing during the negotiations, and this
3 Contact visual
This is an important aspect of nonverbal language. One could compile a list of "rules"
about eye contact: watch or not watch, when to watch and for how long, and who
look or who not to. In conversations where people know the American culture
demands that must have visual contact. This applies both to the speaker and to the
listener. For either not to look at the other person might imply contempt, impatience,
among other things, even in a public speech should have much eye contact. If a
speaker is dedicated only to read the document without being able to lift his head
cultural diversity that is not easy to olvidar.Por example, Chinese culture avoids
direct eye contact to show courtesy or respect, while Americans consider to look at
looking someone in the eye is challenging until a closer relationship has been
were hiding something, because none of them looked at his face throughout the
presentation. This almost ruined the business relationship. Businesswoman said. "I
As we can see the rules on the language of the eyes are very complex.
4 facial expression
able to convey several emotions simultaneously. The face is not only the most
expressive channel, it also seems like the kind of nonverbal behavior that people
costs you more control. However, facial expressions must be interpreted in different
5 Gestos
Gestures are expressive movement of a body part, especially of the hands and head.
People talk with their hands, but what it means depends on each culture. As with
verbal language, non-verbal language code is not universal. The same gestures
Hissing with the index finger on the lips means silent in the UK, US and Spain, but
itself. To fully understand a person, pay attention to all the signals you are sending
and the context in which signals are produced, and not just focus on an isolated
gesture.
6 position
The way a person moves brings a lot of information. People from different cultures
learn to sit, and walk differently. The impact of culture on nonverbal communication
cultures might not be aware of how the meaning of a non-verbal act varies from one
culture to another. The wife of a former President of the United States is said to be
left open-mouthed to his Arab hosts crossing his legs during a public meeting, since
Although we can speak of similarities. Overall, walk upright, shoulders back, head
achieved by our audience. By contrast a relaxed posture, arms uncrossed, and lack
sudden movements, arms and legs can be crossed defiance of disinterest or lack of
willingness to listen.