How to Shake Hands With a Woman at Work

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Tip 1 - How Does a Gentleman Shake Hands With a Lady?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Maria Choudhary | permalink

Dear Gentleman Scholar — Recently, I nearly reduced a woman to tears when she gently proffered her hand to me at a work conference and I vigorously squeezed it and yanked her around like the Incredible Hulk shaking hands with Raggedy Ann. There was much metacarpal cracking and muted whimpering....
Tags: advice on handshakes, business advice female colleagues, shaking hands with women, should I shake hands with a woman

For further reading: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gentleman_scholar/2013/04/advice_for_gentlemen_on_shaking_hands_with_female_colleagues.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Why Women In Business Should Shake Hands

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Andres Parra | permalink

11 tips for women who want the "perfect" handshake.
Tags: ForbesWoman,body language,business communication,businesswomen,Carol Kinsey Goman,Handshake,hug,Nonverbal communication,women in business

For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2013/05/22/why-women-in-business-should-shake-hands/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Seal the Deal: 10 Tips for Pulling Off the Perfect Handshake

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gharge S | permalink

How To Shake Hands - Here are 10 tips for women on how to shake hands with confidence, an important tool in making the right first impression.

For further reading: http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/businessetiquette/tp/10-Tips-on-How-to-Shake-Hands.htm ^[3]

Tip 4 - Shaking hands with women

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Fanny Cambe | permalink

I find shaking hands with women in business situations occasionally disconcerting. The difference in hand size can cause problems. Also, I don’t know how much pressure is appropriate, or if it should be merely a clasp. What’s proper?
Tags: miscellany,women,etiquette

For further reading: http://www.gq.com/story/women-hand-shaking ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Shake Hands with a Woman

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sami Raymond | permalink

This modern world, it is confusing. Women dressing up as men, striding around office buildings willy-nilly, their brazen crotchal forks shrouded only in a thin layer of cotton-poly blend? (Personally, I find it comforting to think of female pants as "dual leg-cages"—much more modest.) But what's next—dogs on their hind legs wearing pith helmets and taking all the best gentleman explorer jobs!? Must we rename the South Pole "Admiral Crackers's Milkbone Oasis?" True, Admiral Crackers is an intrepid fellow (also he has very soft ears), but these days it's like you can't even hide in a bathroom stall and whisper through the partition to urinating women that they have "tempting ankles" anymore without getting hauled off to a reeducation gulag/webinar by the brain police! Honestly. Honestly.
Tags: etiquette, obvious, gentleman scholar, Jezebel

For further reading: http://jezebel.com/how-to-shake-hands-with-a-woman-481164504 ^[5]

Tip 6 - How to Shake Hands With a Woman at Work | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by tambler | permalink

Different cultures show respect in different ways. While Japanese men show respect with a bow of the head, it's customary in the United States to shake hands with both men and women in a professional setting. The act of shaking a woman's hand and a man's hand is essentially the same, even if the process is awkward for some people. As long as you...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5072029_shake-hands-woman-work.html ^[6]