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Proper Business Dining Etiquette

The Office Professionals Place

Thursday, June 17, 2010 Proper Business Dining Etiquette I have been to lunches and dinners where people inadvertently take the wrong glass, use the wrong utensil with the meal, or display improper dining etiquette, such as starting to eat before everyone is served or talking with their mouth full. Lets grow together!

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Jane Watson of J.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. That means if a company doesn’t have a written policy stating that they’ll watch employees on webcam, they likely aren’t doing it secretly. In fact, it would be illegal to do so. Keystroke logging.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. Jane Watson of J.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Jane Watson of J. Who are you?

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Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In.

The Office Professionals Place

Phone etiquette is important, remember to leave your name and phone number twice when leaving a voicemail- once at the beginning and then at the end of the call. DO NOT leave a voicemail longer than a 1 or 1 ½ min. If there are large amounts of detail in the message it would be best to speak to the person directly or in person.

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Be a Dog: Be Here.Now.

The Marq

Aside from business and human etiquette of paying attention to the person you’re with, this is a complete waste of time. Think about the number of meetings you had to extend, or the clarifications via email, documents, and phone calls that followed every interaction that was interrupted.

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