Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s workplace advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing ...

Everyone wants to make a good first impression. We dress well on our first day at work. We choose our words carefully when ...

Understand who you want to attract so you make the appropriate first impression for that group of potential clients. Initial impressions are formed before a client ever meets you in person. Your ...

You probably know the basics of how to make a great first impression: Make eye contact. Smile. Mirror. Listen a lot more than you speak. Put the three questions rule into action. But there’s one ...

Who says first impressions matter? Science. Did you know that it only takes 7 seconds for someone to form an opinion about someone else, whether looking at a photo or meeting them in person? This goes ...

All of those techniques work, even if you’re relatively shy. But what if you meet someone famous? Or what if you meet someone especially important to, like a potential investor or an enabling customer ...

Recently, my 6- and 9-year-old children, Colby and Skylar, dropped hints that I care too much about the first impressions they make on their teachers. For me, being a parent means re-experiencing back ...