Adino

Telecom
Corporate Etiquette

1 April 2020
You never get a second chance to make the
first impression”
AIM
• THE AIM OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO
• GENERATE AWARENESS ABOUT
• CORPORATE ETIQUETTE AND TO
• ACQUAINT THE PARTICIPANTS WITH
• CORPORATE DECORUM SO THAT THEY
• ARE PROVIDED WITH A COMMON
• LANGUAGE OF UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED
• BEHAVIOUR
Consider the following
• Does the thought of walking into a party full of total
• strangers fill you with dread?
• • Does the thought of making small talk on the dinner
• table at an event make you a wreck?
• • Do you want to make a good impression at a business
• event but are so nervous that you can hardly speak?
• • Do you wish that you could happily talk to people and
• make friends easily?
• • Do you wish that you can handle a fork and knife with
• aplomb
What is Etiquette??
• Webster’s II New College Dictionary
defines
Etiquette as:
The forms and practices prescribed by
social convention or by authority.
How Does Etiquette Benefit
You?
• Differentiates you from others in a competitive job market
• • Enables you to be confident in a variety of settings with a variety of
• people
• • Honors commitment to excellence and quality
• • Modifies distracting behaviors and develops admired conduct
• • Is a form of social intelligence
• • Impact on stakeholders

Be one step ahead, practice the social skills necessary

to help you make a
great first impression and stand out in a competitive
job market”.
Office Etiquette
Attending a meeting

• • Listen carefully
• • Come prepared
• • Be concise and articulate when speaking
• • Show respect
Rest room Etiquette
• Be hygienic: ALWAYS
• • Don’t be stall neighbors if you can help it.
• • Conversations can wait until you are done
Dining Etiquette
• Arrive on time
• •Wait to sit until host/hostess
indicated the seating
• arrangement
• •Put napkin in lap before
drinking or eating
• •Order easy to eat food
• •Don’t order the most
expensive items on the menu
Dining Etiquette
• Wait until everyone has been served before you
• begin to eat
• •Bring food to your mouth – NOT your head to
• your plate
• •Salt/Pepper pass together
• •Generally pass food to the right
• •Rest utensils on plate while talking
• •Do not talk with your mouth full
• •Do not chew with your mouth open
Individual Place Setting
Power Dressing

Grooming is fundamental
• Quality is the hallmark
• Fit is all important
• Look professional
• Appear sleek and crisp
What is Not Appropriate?
• No swearing
• •No loud or obnoxious behavior
• •No crude comments or topics
• •Subjects to avoid: health, gossip, love life,
• politics, religion, race and inappropriate
• stories or jokes
THANK YOU 