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I always found it strange to shake a woman's hand when meeting. In Brazil they kiss on two cheeks, which seems more natural to me. Guys always shake hands.

If she's a gf/wife/friend of a friend, I'm not about to enter into a business negotiation with this woman, so why shake hands.

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Sometimes a delicate and formal hold of the fingers, slightly raised, is more appropriate than a handshake.

I grew up and was taught this method when shaking a lady's hands, and to have a firm, dry, handshake with men (as a judge of character).

I know it sounds silly, but it's built in to me now and I'll walk away from meetings thinking about the handshakes of the people in the room as much as the content of the discussion.

In a related note, I hate limp handshakes. I don't judge the person based on it, but it puts me off and maybe sets the mood a bit.

It CAN (though not as a rule) imply a personality type (or just apathy on the part of the individual): http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...

http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career/articles/article58.html

How interesting. I do have a limp handshake, because I feel too strong of a handshake can be off putting. I don't tend to like people with strong handshakes, because it feels like they're too controlling.

There's middle ground, though.

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