Hands Flashcards
How do you detect openness?
open palms, when children are lying they often hide their palms
Some diferences in men andd women that lie?
When men lie their body language can be obvious.
Women prefer to look busy as they lie.
What do palms facing uo mean?
Non threatening
What do palms facing down mean?
authority
When the palm is turned to face downwards, you will project immediate authority.
How to use the palm up or down?
If the other person was someone of equal status,
he might resist a Palm-Down request and would be more likely to comply if you’d used the Palm-Up position. If the person is your subordinate, the Palm-Down gesture is seen as acceptable because you have the authority to use it.
What does pointing finger mean?
Do it or else
The Palm-Closed-Finger-Pointed is a fist where the pointed finger is used like a symbolic club with which the speaker figuratively beats his listeners into submission. Subconsciously, it evokes negative feelings in others because it precedes a right over-arm blow, a primal move most primates use in a physical attack.
How do you avoid finger pointing?
Squeezing the thumb against the fingertips avoids intimidating the audience
Does it matter who initiates the handshake?
Considering that a handshake is a sign of trust and welcome, it is important to ask yourself several questions
before you initiate the hand shake: Am I welcome? Is this
person happy to meet me or am I forcing them into it? Sales- People are taught that if they initiate a handshake with a customer on whom they call unannounced or uninvited, it can Produce a negative result as the buyer may not want to
What are the three basic attitudes subconsciously transmitted when meeting?
- Dominance: ‘He is trying to dominate me. I’d better be
cautious. ‘ - Submission: ‘I can dominate this person. He’ll do what I
want. ‘ - Equality: ‘I feel comfortable with this person.’
How would a successful senior management executives give a handshake?
managers initiate the handshake, also used the dominant handshake position
How to give a dominant and submissive handshake?
dominant palm facing downward
submissive palm facing upward
When is a submissive handshake effective?
if you want to give the other person control or allow him to feel that he is in charge of the situation if for example, you were making an apology.
How to communicate equality with a handshake?
Vertical handshake?
How to create rapport with the handshake?
Vertical handshake
equal amount of strength in grip
be warm, friendly and positive
How to deliver 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.
