SHAKING HANDS IN AMERICANS BUSINESS WORLD.
Shaking
hands
The handshake is very very
important in american business world, when meeting with a customer or
prospective client.
Business people will always hold out their hands
for a handshake, this is often true in purely social situations as
well –when two strangers are introduced through a mutual friend,
for example, americans read a lot into the quality of a handshake, if
it is limp and weak, americans may assume that the person is
weak-willed, insecure, or indecisive, for this reason, it is
important to make your handshake firm and strong, without being
painful or aggressively firm, because this will also send a wrong
message!
When shaking hands ,grasp the other's hand and firmly pump
it up and down once or twice, and then let go, in situations where
there is a closer relationship the handshake may last for several
seconds longer, some people even clasp the other person's forearm with
their free hand, for a more tender touch, the hand of one's friend
may be held by both hands and gently shaken.
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