The Definitive Book of Body Language

The Power Is in Your Hands

Initial meetings between men and women can

be thrown off by poor handshake technique.

If this ever happens to you, intentionally take the other

person's right hand with your left, place it correctly into your

right hand and say with a smile 'Let's try that again!' This can

give you an enormous credibility boost with the other person,

because it shows you care enough about meeting them to get

the handshake right. If you are a woman in business, a wise

strategy is to give notice to others that you intend to shake

hands so as to not catch them off guard. Hold your hand out

as early as possible to give clear notice of your intention to

shake hands and this will avoid any fumbling.

The Double-Hander

A corporate favourite the world over, this is delivered with

direct eye-contact, a candidly reassuring smile and a confident

loud repetition of the receiver's first name, often accompanied

by an earnest inquiry about the receiver's current state of

health.

The Double-Hander

This handshake increases the amount of physical contact
given by the initiator and gives control over the receiver by