Marketing Business HSA 505

“More Than Words” and “Who Will Lead Us?”  Please respond to the following:

• Watch the video titled “Getting your body language to match your words” (4 min 40 s), located at http://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Getting-your-body-language-match-your-words/184804/368346-4.html?org=strayer.edu. Next, give two (2) specific examples of how body language can be a barrier to effective communication in the workplace. Then, suggest a strategy that you could use in your current or future workplace to ensure that your body language does not interfere with the message you want to communicate.
• Select which leadership theory most accurately describes your current or future approach to leadership. Based on the selected theory, give one (1) example from your personal or professional life when your leadership was effective and one example when your leadership was not effective. Reflect on a lesson that you learned from the ineffective leadership experience which you could apply to similar situations in the future.