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 ...

In some cases, all you have to do is believe you will make a good first impression. A study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows people who expect to be “accepted” act more ...

I have a friend who makes a great first impression. She does all the little things right. She makes eye contact. She smiles. She listens more than she talks. She asks smart questions, and meaningful ...

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes. — Elliot Abrams From the moment people first lay eyes on you, the process of "sizing you up ...