The Psychology of Seats: How To Boost Your Impact & Influence At Work

Today, Sarah, we are talking about the psychology of seats. How do you want to come across in whatever situation you're in? I want to be collaborative, I want to be a leader, I want to be creative. Choose your seating with that intention in mind. If there is a meeting that you want to have more influence in, get there.

early so you can choose where you sit. But I definitely do this. You know, I wasn't like the first in the room. I actually didn't want to be the end towards the head of the table. I didn't want to be the other end either.

I think I felt more ready to contribute, like more active, more in it. I think there are two sides of the seat. So there is where are you choosing to sit and then I think the other side of the seat is you looking at where other people are choosing to sit and how that might influence how you engage them. Hi, it's Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast and before you listen to today's episode I just wanted to let you know about some news that Sarah and I are very excited about and that is that our new book, Learn Like a Lobster, is ready to pre-order now. We really care about everybody learning and growing at work, but we know it is not easy to do, and so we're borrowing some brilliance from lobsters to help you to do it.

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