Good Etiquette for Good Business

Doing your job is only half the story. Being aware of and managing your behaviour at work affects how people perceive you, and to your success.

Target Audience:

Good Etiquette for Good Business is a one-day programme aimed at new employees who have little experience in the workplace to understand some of the unpublished “rules”.

Outcomes

The World of Work• This is not school.
• And it’s not home either.
Dressing for the Occasion• Judge my work, not my dress... ahem, we do...
• Appropriate dress does matter...
• You are what you wear...
Language• Why the !#&!% do we swear?
• Is swearing appropriate?
• The alternative...
Eating at Work• If it smells like...
• Who gets to clean up the coffee spills?
Telephone Skills• Business calls are not personal calls.
• No, we don’t all know who you are.
• Leaving and taking messages.
• Please, return your calls.
Email• Quick and easy does not mean sloppy.
• Spelling and grammar do count.
• Before you click on 'SEND'.
Social Media• Are you being paid to manage a Facebook account?
• What you don't say is more important than what you do.
• Does the whole world really have to know?
Diversity at Work• People are different... really
• I was only joking...
• I don't have prejudices like other people.
• Conflict – I just say what I think...