When business people meet all over the world the most common and recognised gesture is to shake hands. In my travels I have found that even this simple routine is done differently in many parts of the world.
In the UK it is usually a single right hand that does the shaking. Very few people shake with their left hand and it is deemed rude to offer your hand without taking your glove off first.
There are power hand shakes when one party decides that either they are superior or wants to win the battle of the hand shake. In this case the right hand is offered with palm facing downwards. The hand on top seems to signify power.
Often people in sales will offer their hand with palm facing up. This signifies that they are going to submissive in the conversation that follows.
In India it is common to offer your right hand and once the hand shake has been initiated you put your left hand over the other parties’ left hand. This means that the initiator has now given a two handed hands shake. The receiver does not need to respond but can also reply by using his left hand as well.
In the Far East and some parts of Asia it is deemed impolite for a...
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