Choose the right seat or sit your interlocutor yourself
When negotiating, it's important to have the right seat. If you need to reprimand your opponent, set up a conflict, show that you are on opposite sides of the barricades, it is necessary to sit opposite him or him to sit opposite. The position "opposite" always implies rivalry.
If it is necessary to carry out a partner dialogue on equal terms, it is necessary to sit down at an angle close to a straight line. Well, if it is necessary to have a dialogue "soul to soul", it is necessary to sit next to each other. That is how couples in love sit on benches, sofas and back rows of cinemas.
If it is necessary to have a confidential conversation with a subordinate in the office, you should ask him to sit down on the sofa, if there is one in the office, of course, before offering him a cup of tea. Or turn your chair around so that you are in a "side-by-side" position.
