I doubt I’m the only one who grew up hearing, “Make sure you make a good first impression.” At the time, I probably wondered whether that was my parents just being persnickety. It turns out they were ...

Amy Cuddy, a psychologist at the Harvard Business School, has been studying first impressions for more than a decade. She and her colleagues found that we make snap judgments about other people that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Serenity Gibbons is a business consultant who covers entrepreneurs. This article is more than 7 years old. Every entrepreneur ...

I tend to be fairly introverted when meeting people for the first time, especially in large group settings. I often get nervous or anxious when first arriving to a party or industry event, ...

It's too bad that the person who came up with the job title "Director of First Impressions" didn't trademark the term and receive the recognition they deserved. That person understood that a ...

First impressions form within seconds of meeting someone, and fashion choices play a crucial role in shaping those initial judgments. While personal style should reflect individuality, certain fashion ...

Even though we were taught not to “judge a book by its cover,” we all do it—especially when meeting someone for the first time. Most of us would like to believe that we revise those snap judgments ...

A new study shows that it is possible to accurately predict first impressions using measurements of physical features in everyday images of faces, such as those found on social media. A new study by ...

No one is immune from making a bad first impression. It's happened to all of us at some point, whether we know it or not. From a job interview, to a first date, or seeking a favor from a stranger, ...

We’ve all heard the expression, “you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression.” In fact, research has indicated that within the first seven seconds of meeting someone, we draw conclusions ...