Adjust your own nonverbal stance to reduce threat before asking about a discomfort cluster.
A manager notices a discomfort cluster. The fix starts with her own nonverbal stance. Before: the manager's body turns curiosity into pressure. After: the manager lowers threat before asking about the shift. The manager moved from square-on pressure to an angled posture. Angling reduces the feeling of being cornered and makes a clarification question easier to answer. The pointing hand became visible open hands. Open hands do not prove safety, but they remove one avoidable threat cue. The question changed from motive-reading to topic-linking. It names the observable shift and the work topic, not Mateo's character. Start by making your…
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