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Annie Särnblad is a preeminent global speaker and expert in reading facial expressions, as well as an esteemed strategic advisor. She has spoken twice at the world’s largest CEO conference, YPO Edge and has taught workshops for over 4,000 CEOs and Managing Directors across the globe.
Annie is certified in the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) and can numerically code the 10,000 muscle combinations in human expression. She has developed her own simplified, easy-to-absorb teaching techniques for reading facial expressions based on the knowledge she accumulated living abroad for 25 years in nine countries while studying eight languages through immersion.
Annie has a Masters in Cultural Anthropology and started her career as a strategic advisor to Fortune 500s, startups, and family offices. She spent two decades in Europe and Asia coaching CEOs, management teams, and boards and sitting in on high-stakes negotiations.
Annie’s clients currently hire her as a strategic advisor and/or for microexpressions training for their businesses. Her clients end up finding her coaching transformative in both their professional and personal lives.
Annie’s teaching methods involve interactive, playful elements—an approach that works well for busy professionals who often have short attention spans and limited time.
Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location.
Recognizing microexpressions is the very deepest of listening skills. In high-stakes negotiations, understanding what others are feeling in every given moment can mean the difference between a positive outcome and a negative one.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways. All of the skills Annie teaches focus on connection and protection and are relevant to both our professional and personal lives.
Microexpressions are the subconscious “leakage” of emotions that make our unspoken feelings visible. They are universal to our species and show on our faces regardless of age, gender, socialization, culture, or geographic location.
Recognizing microexpressions is the very deepest of listening skills. This ability helps us make safer, healthier decisions about who to trust in platonic, romantic, and professional relationships. It improves our communication and connection with loved ones and shows us who around us needs extra love and kindness and who to absolutely stay away from.
In this interactive session, Annie Särnblad offers fun, laughter, and immediate takeaways. All of the skills Annie teaches focus on connection and protection and are relevant to both our professional and personal lives.
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