#Business Etiquette
Lost art of business etiquette: Impact of social media
Social media may be the new communication paradigm but it is having an adverse impact on the way Australians conduct themselves professionally. It has, in fact, dulled our professional IQ. The way people behave in a business context is a hot topic. Under scrutiny is how we talk to each other, the way we write […]
SMB owners, know your limits
If you can’t drink your colleagues under the table, don’t attempt to. If you can’t function on less than 8 hours sleep, don’t try. Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at understanding your weaknesses to stay ahead of the game.
5 top business etiquette tips
Lady Danielle Di-Masi refreshes your memory on the five top business etiquette tips to help you be successful for the year ahead. Will you need to practice your handshake over the holidays? “Give me a limp handshake and I will slap your wrist and make you do it again.”
Minding your p’s and q’s online
Catriona Pollard blogs about minding your manners online. “Just like keeping your elbows off the dinner table and letting pregnant women sit down on the bus, the online world has its own etiquette…”
Online behaviours: a look at netiquette
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about minding your manners online. “Netiquette is all about proper conduct online…”
Your attire guideline
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about ensuring you’re appropriately dressed for business events and functions. “If an event goes to the effort to state the attire then you should go to the effort to dress appropriately. They obviously have a standard that they would like to see for the function…”
Don’t forget this part of communication
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about choosing the right environment for your meetings, functions and events. “Etiquette is not just about food and wine, it is all about making your guest comfortable in your presence and this includes selecting the right environment.”
The email time stamp perception
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about how those emails you send late at night might be perceived by the receiver. “Getting emails in the middle of the night also might make people question what you have been doing online till 2am. Sure the reality may be that you have to do these sorts of hours, but that is what the draft folder is for and send the email first thing in the morning.”
Are you making your business unappealing?
Phoebe Netto blogs about protecting the perception of your business. “Your image and how you make others feel plays a big role in being approachable, trustworthy and likeable to clients and potential clients.”
There’s no such thing as an informal meeting
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about treating every meeting as important, even “informal” ones over coffee. “Always remember you are your client’s experience of the company, you are the service and the product. How you act in your meetings, any meeting no matter how informal you may think it is, influences the way they perceive you and your company as a firm and its value.”
Whatever happened to manners and social skills?
Phoebe Netto blogs about the rising level of unprofessional communication and bad manners in business. “It also seems that unprofessional communication is on the rise, and this means that those who are professional have an advantage over their competitors…”
Handshakes are Switzerland
Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at handshaking etiquette – for both men and women. “There is nothing more neutral, as far as behaviours are concerned, than shaking someone’s hand – a man or a woman.”“
What are you afraid of? Linkedin is harmless
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about embracing LinkedIn and enjoying the connections it will deliver to your business. “LinkedIn is a brilliant way to connect with associates all over the world, not just those that may be in your local business groups. You can connect with like minded entrepreneurs, or people in companies that you wish to work with, speakers or consultants you want to learn more from …”