Handshaking involves several steps and can communicate different messages depending on factors like grip strength and duration. Proper handshakes involve extending one's right hand with thumb up, wrapping fingers around the other person's hand, squeezing gently for 2-3 seconds while making eye contact, then pumping hands up and down 2-3 times. Handshakes are commonly used for introductions, agreements, and departures, especially in business settings. However, culture and context influence appropriate handshaking; for example, some Asian and Islamic traditions do not involve handshakes between genders. The document analyzes different handshake styles and their potential interpretations.

1. HANDSHAKING

3. Outline
A. General Points
B. Steps
C. Typical types & Interpretation
D. Factors affecting handshaking interpretation

4. A. General Points
1. Definition
2. Purposes

5. 1. DEFINITION
HANDSHAKING: is
* a kind of nonverbal language used as a gesture of greeting or congratulation.
*If you give someone a handshake, you take their
right hand with your own right hand and hold it
firmly or move it up and down, as a sign of greeting
or to show that you have agreed about something
such as a business deal.

6. 2. Purposes
Why do people shake hands? – To…
- Introduce themselves
- Congratulate someone
- Agree to do something together
ON…
- Initial meeting
- Departure

7. B. STEPS
1. Extend your right hand to meet the other person's right
hand.
2. Point your thumb upward toward the other person's arm
and extend your arm at a slight downward angle.
3. Wrap your hand around the other person's hand when your
thumb joints come together.

8. 4. Grasp the hand firmly and squeeze gently once.
Remember that limp handshakes are a big turnoff,
as are bone-crushing grasps.
5. Hold the handshake for 2 to 3 seconds.
6. Pump your hand up and down (2/3 times).
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)Indian prime minister.

9. C. TYPES AND INTERPRETATION
12 types

10. 1. The All-American
“I’m honored to meet you”

11. 2. The Lingering Handshake
The end of handshake pauses or lingers
Openness, sincerity
Excellent candidate for a job or a promotion

12. 3. The Push-Off
• Want to
establish his/
her power

13. 4. The Pull-In
• A controller who wants things done certain way

14. 5. The Two-Handed Shake
“We're great buddies."

15. 6. The Topper
"I'm in charge, I'm the Boss."

16. 7. The Finger Squeeze
“It’s me - the Ever-victorious!”

17. 8. The Bone Crusher
“That’s the end of your life!”

18. 9. The Palm Pinch

19. 10. The Twister
"We may be coming into this as equals, but in
the end I'll be on top."

20. 11. The Dead Fish
No energy, no interest, pessimistic

21. CONTEXT
E. Factors affecting
handshaking
Culture
WHEN
WHERE
WITH WHOM?
HOW
WHO?

22. 1.When…?
• As you know people shake hand when they
first meet and they say goodbye. Besides these
we can see:
a. In business – meeting each other to carrying out activity of
making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for
money.
b. In intimate meeting – having and showing a close and
friendly relationship
c. At the negotiating table - making an agreement

23. 2. Where???
Everywhere but… some
Asian and Islamic
countries, women
don't like shaking
hands

24. 3. With whom…?
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Relationship

25. HOW – handshaking vs. other
gestures
a. Facial expression – smile at your partner & have
eye contact that make you hospitable or cordial
and your partner is happy to take your hand. Your
hand should be most opened, don't that tells your
partner your sincerity.
b. Posture – standing or sitting you should have an

29. • Middle East Peace Accord, 1993
• In September 1993, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Palestine
Liberation Organization chairman Yasir Arafat, right, agreed to the signing of a
historic peace accord. The accord paved the way for limited Palestinian self-rule in
Israeli-occupied territories. After witnessing the signing, the longtime foes shook
hands in the presence of United States President Bill Clinton. In a speech he
delivered at the signing ceremony, Rabin called for an end to the violence.