Body Language

How Body Language Assist Indian Ethnicity In Succeeding Negotiation Activities A lot of people think that winning a negotiation is all about mastering the language skills of bargaining, and to some degree that’s correct. It’s not enough though as body language can say a lot more than voice in process of negotiation. Nonverbal communication can provide a huge advantage in any negotiation. When it comes to effective negotiation, it’s not so much what had say as what had do that really counts. Some studies have revealed that up to 90% of human communication is non-verbal. This means that the way of hold body, the way of moving hands and the expression on face all make more of an impact than the words that are coming out of your mouth. Having a good knowledge of the impact of body language can help you in a huge range of situations throughout your life, especially if often are on either side of a buying and selling transaction.
Indians are very polite in either verbal or non-verbal communication. This is because they respects the person they are communicating with either in negotiation process or daily communication. Unlike western counties, it is uncommon for Indians to have body contact (hand shaking) as part of communication. Indians greet others and show respect when they first meet or begin a conversation by holding both hands together followed with a slight bow.

Indian’s greeting (Namaste)

In negotiation process, first impression to either competitors or allies are very crucial. As Indian’s tradition to bow and greet others with “Namaste”, rather than western culture that shake hands which is consider rude in the eastern countries, Indians manages to show good first impression to others which is very beneficial in the business field. Successful business or large companies would tend to establish business relationship with individuals or companies representer which shows good first impression. Besides, It is very common for Indians people to nod their head