The Handshake Meeting

The most important partnerships don't break down because people lack commitment. They break down when expectations go unspoken, assumptions go unchallenged, and agreements are never made explicit.

The Handshake Meeting gives leaders a practical way to build trust, create clarity, and turn critical partnerships into a performance advantage.

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Turn Critical Partnerships into an Execution Advantage

This straightforward, actionable guidebook will empower you to:

Turn unspoken expectations into clear, shared agreements.

Build trust through honest conversations and mutual accountability.

Clarify roles, priorities, and decision-making authority.

Reduce friction, prevent misalignment, and strengthen execution.

Create partnerships that perform, especially when the stakes are high.

"In a world where trust is talked about constantly, but rarely built with intention, The Handshake Meeting offers a practical and powerful path forward. Laurie Arron shows that high performance doesn’t start with strategy—it starts with clarity, candor, and shared commitment. This book is a smart, actionable guide for any leader who wants to strengthen partnerships, accelerate results, and build the kind of trust that truly lasts.”

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

The Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.

What Readers Are Saying

    • “I’ve watched The Handshake Meeting change how leaders work together in real time. When expectations are clear and unspoken assumptions are brought into the open, trust builds quickly, and execution follows. Laurie Arron has captured something incredibly powerful: a way for leaders to have the conversations that accelerate decision-making and prevent misalignment before it costs time, energy, and relationships. I’ve seen this approach transform top-level partnerships with immediate impact, even under pressure. This is a book leaders will return to again and again.”

    • Jamie Shapiro

    • Organizational psychologist & CEO coach

    • “If two leaders can’t tell the truth to each other, no strategy will save them. Laurie Arron has turned trust into a powerful practice. The Handshake Meeting is how partnerships become unstoppable.”

    • Rich Litvin

    • High Performance Coach and best-selling author of The Prosperous Coach

    • “The way people interact with each other can either sabotage an organization or a relationship or send it to new heights. Through Laurie Arron’s tried-and-true approach in The Handshake Meeting, everyone can ensure that new heights become the norm, not the exception. Laurie has an art of simplifying and offers the reader a step-by-step approach to developing healthy, productive partnerships. I have been fortunate enough to benefit from Laurie’s coaching, and I know her philosophy will help you regardless of how strong or weak your partnerships are today. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do and take this “Handshake” approach into all of your relationships.”

    • Jack Baum

    • Chairman & ceo ziosk

    • “As an investor, I’ve learned that the biggest execution risk is rarely the market or the product, it’s relationships. Laurie Arron’s Handshake Meeting framework is a powerful way to surface assumptions early and build the kind of trust that holds under pressure. If you’re building anything that matters, this is a discipline you want in how you operate as a founder, an executive, and especially as a leader.”

    • Yousuf Khan

    • Entrepreneur & investor

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