This document discusses different types of personal space and territories in body language. It describes intimate, personal, social, and public territories and the appropriate distances for each. It also discusses how invading someone's personal space can make them feel troubled, defensive, or aggressive. Finally, it mentions that body language may reveal truths even when words are used to obscure meaning.

1. Body Language

2. Territory
Intimate
Touching
6-18”
Personal
Close -1½ to 2½
feet
Far - 2½ to 4 ½
feet
Social
Close 4-7 feet
Far - 7-12 feet
Public
Close - 12-25
feet
Far - 25 feet or
greater

3. Different
Cultures ...
A crowded
culture
What is your
private
space?

4. When you invade my
space
Reactions to an
invasion of your
space
Feel troubled
Get defensive
Become
aggressive
Retaliate

5. Masks We Wear
Public Masks
Public smile
Clothing
Putting on my face
Extended territory
On the road
At work
Can we drop
masks?

6. Jockeying for
position
Inclusive - Non-inclusive
How you include/exclude others in a group
Parallel body positions
Will position yourselves to relate to each
other
Side by side are neutral
Facing means people are involved
Congruence-incongruence
Groups that imitate each other

7. Looking
How long do you look?
Staring- dehumanizes or challenges
Glances - socially acceptable timing
Appraisal- may indicate interest
Do you look when you talk?
Do you look when you listen?

8. Actions Speak Louder than
Words?
‘What often happens in any relationship is that
language itself becomes a mask and a means of
clouding and confusing the relationship. If the
spoken language is stripped away and the only
communication left is body language, the truth
will find some way of poling through. Spoken
language itself is a great obscurer”
BBooddyy LLaanngguuaaggee, Julius Fast, MJF books, 1970.

9. to business
US tendency to get right
of interest?
Lack of animation = lack
Lost business
Trouble??
Misinterpretation =

10. Troubles
Conflict with
peers
• Different work styles
• Wrong assumptions

11. to act or are you
confused?
Do you know how
Legal trouble
trouble
Can be BIG
Trouble….
Misinterpretation
of signals

12. Do you know what you are
saying?

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(Founder and C.E.O of Saxbee Consultants Other-Mother )
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