Is your smile sending the wrong message?

Published November 27, 2007 by CSBJ Staff

Be careful how you smile around the office – it says a lot about your professionalism.

Raise your eyebrows with a smile and your flirting. Curl up the edges of your mouth while your brow is furled and could be perceived as condescending.

That’s what Patti Wood, self-proclaimed body language expert and author of Success Signals, says.

She says how you smile classifies you as one of four office personality types, an analyzer, a driver, an influencer or a supporter.

Take an online test at whatyoursmilesays.com to see what you’ve been saying to coworkers with your smile.

Wood teamed up with a company that makes natural oral care products to create the test.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    watch your grammer…
    you’re flirting NOT your flirting.

    Posted November 27, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
  2. Panda says:

    What does it say about your professionalism if use “your” when you should have used “you’re?” By the way, Anonymous, watch your spelling (grammar, not grammer).

    Posted November 27, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
  3. Rob Larimer says:

    Point noted, y’all. Thanks for calling attention to the errors. We’ll watch ourselves.

    - the management

    Posted November 28, 2007 @ 12:55 pm

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