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Etiquette Lessons for the Company Picnic

On The Job

Such events are often seen as a way to let your hair down and enjoy time away from the office, but they’re also a minefield of potential etiquette disasters that can derail your career. If you’re going to be attending a summer office event, here are a few rules from etiquette experts: Don’t ditch the event. Follow the rules.

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5 Etiquette Lessons for the Workplace

On The Job

The workplace sometimes changes so rapidly it's hard to keep up with what we're supposed to do and not do. Should you stand up when shaking hands? These are all common etiquette questions that Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, can answer correctly. Giving up texting. Tweeting responsibly. Shaking hands.

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BUSINESS ETIQUETTE: What Hasn’t Changed

Office Dynamics

Marilyn Pincus is a talented author and business etiquette expert. We’re challenged each day to keep-up with change. Sometimes, we’re running as fast as we can and it’s still difficult to keep-up. The flipside is; as your value to the executives you support increases your command of business etiquette expands.

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BUSINESS ETIQUETTE: What Hasn’t Changed

Office Dynamics

Marilyn Pincus is a talented author and business etiquette expert. We’re challenged each day to keep-up with change. Sometimes, we’re running as fast as we can and it’s still difficult to keep-up. The flipside is; as your value to the executives you support increases your command of business etiquette expands.

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How to Stay Your Professional Best During Summer

Office Dynamics

Start off by choosing the best clothing for the day ahead of you. Switch it up! Bonus Video about Webinar Etiquette by Joan Burge. It’s not so bad if I am on vacation but most often I’m working and dressed professionally and trying to look my best. What does one do to stay your professional best during the hot summer?

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3 Bad Habits That Hurt Job Chances

On The Job

reports that 85 percent of graduates will go back to their parents' home, up from 67 percent in 2006. Many etiquette lessons seem to fall by the wayside when a child goes to college. You want a stickler for rules to spot the bad manners that could trip up your child in an interview lunch or dinner. Practice in nice clothes.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

For example, I set up a sales dial-in call with about 40 people from every continent on the call. I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. Any books or reading up on this would be helpful too please.

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