June 26, 2025 is National Handshake Day

How Does Your Handshake Rate?

Shaking hands is a globally accepted tradition in business and key to making a great first impressions and often the beginning of a relationship, however how you shake hands is often a deal breaker.

What makes a good handshake?

Here are handshaking best practices:

1. Make eye contact
2. Smile
3. Offer a Greeting
4. Extend your right hand
5. Firm — not bone-breaking — grip
6. 2-5 seconds long
7. Pump the hand once only