The Art of Handshaking in 11 Steps

今日見client，同client握握手
「Wow firm grip！好少女仔會咁firm嘅firm grip。」
嚇一嚇 。
「咁，咁請問咩先算係lady grip？哈哈 ^^””」（尷尬）

返到office之後我都淆一淆，
唔通我過往嘅handshaking approach 都錯咗？
唔通強而有力嘅handshake只係「男性限定」？！ O__O
於是我就google下…..

• Women with a firm handshake make a more favorable impression and are judged to be confident and assertive.
• People with “good” handshakes (firm, web-to-web, calm-to-palm) are evaluated as being extroverted and emotionally expressive.
• Women with a firm handshake were viewed as more “open”.

Ok then =.=….

Wow 然後發現Forbes係2013年寫過一篇有關 Why Women In Business Should Shake Hands 嘅11小steps。

女士們 （especially經常social就好uptight嘅introverts們）～參考下喇：

1. Be the first to extend your hand.
2. Look directly into the other person’s eyes and smile.
3. Stand when being introduced to someone and when extending your hand.
4. Make sure your right hand is free to shake hands. Always shift any briefcases, papers, beverages or cell phones to your left hand before you begin the greeting so you handshaking hand is ready for action.
5. Keep your body squared off to the other person – facing him fully.
6. Make sure you have palm-to-palm contact and that the web of you hand touches the web of the other person’s. Research with salespeople indicates that if customers don’t get this full palm contact, they wonder what the other person is hiding. If so, they may remain uncomfortable for the rest of the interaction and less likely to purchase.
7. Offer your hand with your palm facing sideways. When a person offers his hand with the palm faced upwards, it is considered to be a submissive gesture. Conversely, when someone offers his hand with the palm faced downwards (or twists his hand downward during the handshake) it sends a message of superiority. But people who offer a sideways hand to shake send a message of equality and confidence.
8. Shake hands firmly. Women with a firm handshake make a more favorable impression and are judged to be confident and assertive.
9. Hold the other person’s hand a few fractions of a second longer than you are naturally inclined to do. This conveys additional sincerity and quite literally “holds” the other person’s attention while you exchange greetings.
10. Start talking before you let go: “It’s great to meet you” or “I’m so glad to be here.”
11. Make sure that when you break away, you do not look down. (It’s a submissive signal.)