Observe Body Observe Behavior Observe Voice Baseline Stress Observe Face Observe Body Observe Behavior Observe Voice Create Baseline in Context Probe and Observe Analyze Results
• Have a comfortable posture and seem to be at ease to talk about the topic • Talk at their normal speed, without rushing or feeling the need to pause and think hard • Show their palms and have a generally open posture • Seem to be happy to stay on a topic and talk about it as required
than relying on memory to answer quesRons • Are more likely to touch their body as they are stressed and anxious • Are likely to have less eye contact (feeling guilty) or more eye contact (needing to over compensate). • Appear observant, watching you closely to see if you have accepted their statements • May unconsciously adopt a defensive body posture to protect themselves • May talk less (to give less detail) or talk a lot more (to fill the gap and confuse) • May use more frequent filler words such as “Ah” and “Em” while thinking • Keep repeaRng quesRons to gain Rme so they can think • Are likely to use long pauses to force the other person to talk • Are likely to dodge sensiRve quesRons and aim to shiW the conversaRon to a different topic