How’s Your Handshake?

Posted by admin at 10:35 pm

The Handshake – A simple gesture that can often serve as a window into one’s personality, confidence level and (gasp) grip on life itself. Do a quick web search for “handshake” or “art of the handshake” and there is page after page of links delving into the psychology of a handshake, the meaning of a handshake…even how-to videos! Somewhere in the middle of all the advice there seems to be a consensus.

1. Present your hand making eye contact

2. Maintain a conservative distance (arm bent 90 degrees)

3. Keep a firm but comfortable grip with the whole hand

4. Shake between 1-3 seconds with a clean break

In the professional world the handshake takes on many forms. A gesture of introduction or reunion. Relationship repair and maintenance…At the best of times it seals the deal or marks a new beginning. Whatever the case, it’s an extension of you. How’s your handshake?