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Non-Verbal Communication

Non-Verbal Communication. Gestures Around the World. OK! – Everything is Great. Everything is Great USA Germany Things are Good (not excellent) Mexico Worthless (zero) France, most of Europe Symbol for Money (coins) Japan Vulgar Gesture Spain, Russia, Paraguay, Brazil

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Non-Verbal Communication

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  1. Non-Verbal Communication Gestures Around the World

  2. OK! – Everything is Great • Everything is Great • USA • Germany • Things are Good (not excellent) • Mexico • Worthless (zero) • France, most of Europe • Symbol for Money (coins) • Japan • Vulgar Gesture • Spain, Russia, Paraguay, Brazil • Threat of Bodily Harm • Tunsia

  3. Thumbs Up • Approval • USA • Great Britain • Russia • Highly Offensive • Iran • Rude • Australia

  4. Thumbs Down • Disapproval • United States • Canada • Rude • Greece

  5. Closed Fist • Obscene Gesture • Pakistan • If Raised in Air – Obscene • Lebanon

  6. The V Sign • Victory • Great Britain • Untied States • Most of World • Peace • United States (from the 1960s era)

  7. To Heck with You • Offensive Gesture • Great Britain • South Africa

  8. The Fig • Highly Rude • Central America • Turkey

  9. Nodding/Shaking Head • Shaking Head Left to Right • United States – No • Most of World – No • Bulgaria – Yes • Saudi Arabia – Yes • Malaysia – Yes • Nodding Head Up and Down • United States – Yes • Most of World – Yes • Bulgaria - No

  10. Pat on the Shoulder • Encouragement/Sympathy • United States • Offensive • Thailand

  11. Raised Eyebrows • Surprise • Untied States • Hello or General Greeting • Philippines • Most of the World

  12. Winking • Romantic Connotation • Paraguay • Everything is OK • United States • Impolite Gesture • France • Australia

  13. Blinking • Disbelief • United States • Boredom • Hong Kong

  14. Tapping Your Temple with Your Finger • Person is Crazy • North America • Europe • Germany (especially) • I’m Thinking About It • Africa • Peru • Argentina

  15. Hands On Hips • Hostility • Mexico • Anger • Malaysia • A Challenge • Argentina

  16. Pinch of the Earlobe • Enjoy a Meal • Brazil • Sign of Humility • India

  17. Chin Flick • I Don’t Know • Portugal • Dull or Boring • France • Get Lost • Italy

  18. Hand in Pockets • Rude • All Europe • Japan • China

  19. Nose Blowing • Extremely Rude • China • Japan • Bad Upbringing • France

  20. Tapping the Inside of the Elbowwith the Opposite Hand • Cheap or Stingy • Colombia • Untrustworthy or Unreliable • Netherlands

  21. Arms Folded • Boredom or Disapproval • United States • Arrogance • Finland

  22. Shoulder Shrug • Don’t Know/Don’t Care • Italy • Reluctance to Agree • United States • Ridiculous • France

  23. Showing the Sole of your Foot or Shoe • Highly Offensive • Thailand • Myanmar (Burma) • Middle East

  24. The Secret of the Handshake Outside of Asia, the handshake is the most common and most meaningful physical contact you will have with a business colleague. Of course, not everyone shakes hands alike…let’s look at some of those differences.

  25. The Secret of the Handshake A handshake in which an individual grips firmly but not too firmly, pumps your hand once or twice and looks you straight in the eye.

  26. The Secret of the Handshake If while shaking your hand an individual tries to guide you into a room or towards a seat.

  27. The Secret of the Handshake Gripping some ones hand and then twisting their hand so it is on top.

  28. The Secret of the Handshake Have you ever been a victim of a handshake where the individual attempts to crush your hand in a vice-like grip?

  29. The Secret of the Handshake A limp handshake that resembles grabbing hold of a dead fish.

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