1. Leadership Etiquette:
Sitting, Standing, & Posture
Health Team Relations
Instructor: Melissa Lewis

2. Proper poise & posture is as important as a clinical uniform when looking like a leader. The student leader & future HC professional must feel poised & confident when in front of a group.

3. How to stand… Women Stand up straight & tall
Left foot facing front & at slight angle
Right heel placed in instep of left foot at 90 angle to left foot
Right leg slightly bent
Men
Stand up straight
Feet spaced comfortably apart ( no more than shoulder-width
Face forward

4. How to stand cont… BOTH women & men should:
Have eyes forward (Do not look at feet)
Have chin up
Have hands comfortably relaxed at sides with shoulders back.
Have elbows slightly bent & close to body but not stiff
Males may clasp hands together in front

5. How to sit:
Approach chair, turn, and locate edge of chair with back of leg
Men may pull up pant legs slightly before sitting
Females should NOT arrange their skirt by smoothing the back before sitting
Look straight ahead with back straight
Hands at sides
Sit on front half of chair with body weight forward

6. How to sit cont…: Slide to back of chair
Female’s upper back should not touch back of chair
Females should sit with knees together and feet crossed at the ankles
Men should sit with feet flat on floor
Both should keep hands comfortably relaxed on either side of lap

7. How to stand up after sitting:
Shift torso weight forward and using leg muscles and keeping back straight, stand straight up – gracefully
Do not use your hands to push you up off of the chair
Walk away gracefully

8. If you are sitting on a stage in front of an audience:
Try to sit as still as possible
Do not wiggle
Do not play with parts of your clothing
Keep eyes focused on stage action (speaker)
Keep a positive expression on face

9. Shaking Hands:
HC workers & student leaders meet & greet all kinds of people. A good firm handshake is a professional greeting that begins your contact with another person.

10. Shaking Hands: A good hand shake is firm, brief, and at elbow length
Establish eye contact
Hand shake should be firm but not too firm and not too limp and weak either

11. Rules for Introductions:
Younger person should be presented to older person
Male should be presented to female
Regardless of age or gender, always present to a person in a high position
Generally, a female offers her hand first to shake

12. THE END!!!