the Leadership and Management people

Business Etiquette

An in-house course on Business Etiquette can be far more cost-effective than sending them on external courses (making savings even with as few as three managers). The training can be tailored to your specific needs and delivered at a date and time to suit you.

Establishing your reputation is key to future success and the business scene is a minefield of potential faux-pas opportunities. Most of these are easy to avoid by following some basic guidelines. This workshop will cover a wide range of topics so that you can avoid falling into the traps and enhance your credibility both internally and externally.

Business Etiquette

Aim: to identify and establish business etiquette in the current working climate

Objectives:

By the end of the workshop, participants will know how to deal with:

  • Written communication - follow ‘house style' for all written communication, including email
  • Verbal communication - humour, formal and informal occasions, tone, volume
  • Meetings - preparing, timing, contributing, confidentialities, seating
  • Technology - manage online presence, conference calls, mobile phones and internet use
  • Cross-cultural - greetings, meetings and general pitfalls.
  • Feedback - using internal structures for giving and receiving feedback
  • Networking - internal, external, virtual
  • Ownership of ideas - taking credit, accepting and giving praise
  • Positive attitude - building your reputation

Learning Methods:

A range of participative methods including group tasks, individual exercises, discussion and tutor inputs.