Handshakes & Business Etiquette

Video Transcript

"Hello! I am Elena Brouwer, International Etiquette Center in Hollywood, Florida. You can find us on the web at etiquettecenter.com, and to continue in business it is very important to do the right hand shake. Let’s observe. A: Well, good bye. The handshake was all wrong. The lady gave a dead-fish handshake. That’s not professional. When you give a proper handshake you need to extend your hand properly, have a little bit of a smile, make eye contact. She wasn’t doing that and also if you want to be extra professional, you will call the person that you are shaking hands with by his name because you remember it upon introductions a few minutes ago, so this is important that we remember all those points, because it shows that you are a professional."