In my mind the handshake signals everything in networking. It tells me if that person is confident, or if they are a little out of their element.Or that is my perception.
Friday, I was in Wilmington Ohio, where I presented to a chapter of the Association for YMCA Professionals. This group is from West Virginia and areas in southern Ohio all the way to the Indiana state line.
I met Angela Wakefield, Senior Program Director at the Huber Heights YMCA, a branch of the Greater Dayton "Y."
Right away she impressed me with her firm handshake.
I ask
ed her who taught her to shake hands. She shared that her father a military man did the job, along with teaching her to look people in the eye and drive stick shift.I laughed as it reminded me of my friend Leasa Maxx, whose dad also taught her the intricacies of shaking hands and "driving a stick."
One of my goals in life is to encourage everyone woman to teach a younger woman the proper way to shake hands.
What lessons would you like to pass on to the younger generation?
