--- title: This Body Language Makes You Look Like a Leader description: Make sure you smile and give a firm handshake canonical: https://time.com/3640682/body-language-leader/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-22T05:01:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:05:49.067Z article:section: Ideas og:title: This Body Language Makes You Look Like a Leader og:description: Make sure you smile and give a firm handshake og:url: https://time.com/3640682/body-language-leader/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0309d3234883bd8e/69876fec55a85970a6a84e31/businessmen-handshake-smile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5256 og:image:height: 2957 og:image:alt: businessmen-handshake-smile og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Body Language Makes You Look Like a Leader twitter:description: Make sure you smile and give a firm handshake twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0309d3234883bd8e/69876fec55a85970a6a84e31/businessmen-handshake-smile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Body Language Makes You Look Like a Leader > Sponsored content. 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Via [The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help–or Hurt–How You Lead](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470876360/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470876360&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20): --- > “” --- What shows authority and power? Via [The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help–or Hurt–How You Lead](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470876360/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470876360&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20): --- > “” --- And what communicates warmth? Via [The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help–or Hurt–How You Lead](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470876360/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0470876360&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20): --- > “” --- **_This post originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/11/body-language-signals-leadership/)**_. 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