Many of my clients need to make a good first impression, in networking, interviews, etc. This article summarizes what has worked best for them. I’ll focus on ideas that go beyond the standard.

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 ...

Do first impressions matter? A colleague thinks so. As each semester begins, he greets his students wearing a jacket and tie. “You make only one first impression,” he says. So while the rest of the ...