Etiquette

Aristotle, the legendary Greek philosopher once said that ‘Man is essentially a social animal by nature’. He cannot live without society. And so, for his acceptance in the society, it is important for him to follow certain socially accepted behavioral norms known as etiquette.

Likewise, etiquette  are certain socially accepted behaviors in all social and workplace situations that one needs to cultivate and master. It helps us show respect and consideration to others and makes others work with you graciously and productively. those with international presence, every one  must strike the right fitment of global etiquette in this today’s multi-scale environment.






As Good corporate society  , here is The 10 Commandments for Corporate Etiquette:



·         Don’t invade people’s personal space
·         Respect other’s time and they shall respect you
·         Be a Gentleman – Rudeness is not manly
·         What’s there in a name – Most people will appreciate your effort in remembering their names
·         Avoid over-sharing of personal details on Social Media Platforms
·         Don’t neglect hygiene factors at social places/gatherings
·         Keep personal conversations and arguments off social networking sites
·         Avoid Gossip! Even Walls have ears!
·         Don’t Eavesdrop or join the grapevine
·         Dining and Dressing augments Deal
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·         Remember, as per the famous quote by Maya Angelou, “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” Time and tide wastes for no one, so, Invest in making and being the brand “You”.
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·          Corporates. Nirmiti Academy is one of the Top 10 rated in Personality Development and Corporate training institutes in India in 2019.       (Ethiquette is the new expression of business Sep 2019)

Grooming

Personal Hygiene -The First to good grooming and good health elementary cleanliness in common sense ,Every external part of the body demands a basic amount of the attention of attention on a regular basis Hair Skin Teeth Hands Nails Feet.

1.       Factors that influence Grooming  -  Cultural and religious beliefs • Upbringing • Current fashion • Level of income • Feelings about one’s own sexuality

2.       Benefits of Grooming - Provides for emotional health• Assists in maintaining self esteem• Perception management

3.       Business Attire•-Is business attire considered important in our industry?• What are the basics of dressing right?• How would dressing right impact your image ?

4.       Grooming – Men and Women Hair Make up Accessories Shoes Bag Skirt Trouser Shirt Nails Deodorants Perfumes / Colognes

5.       How can you be well dressed every day?-  Clothes and accessories should complement one’s physical appearance• Coordinate in colours, pattern and fabric• Choose the right fit

6.       Communication  -  Use it positively to influence people Tone of your voice Body Language

1.     If You Are A Smoker- Do smoke outside and always away from the quitter.- Do keep your cigarettes and matches out of sight. They might be triggers to smoke.- Wash your hands before getting back to work.

2.     Handshakes All American The Topper The Two Handed shake The Finger Squeeze The Palm The Dead Fish Pinch

Weekend Phone Call and Email Etiquette for Professionals

Weekend Phone Call and Email Etiquette for Professionals

Some people expect business calls and emails during their time off, but if you're not one of them, you may become frustrated when you start hearing from your boss when you're supposed to be relaxing. This is a common problem that can create frustration and eventually make you dread picking up the phone.

if you work 40-plus hours during the week, you probably feel that you're entitled to weekends off, so what do you do when you consistently get business emails and calls on the days you're not scheduled to work? Do you ignore them, answer them right away, or wait until you get back to the office on Monday?

When it's a coworker in an equal position to your position calling or emailing feel free to speak up about how important it is to take time away from work. Let them know you'll get back with them on Monday. So in order to maintain a positive business relationship with this person. However, when it's your boss, you'll need to be extremely careful if you don't want to miss out next time promotions are being handed out.

What Not to Say or Do When Your Boss Calls

There are probably lots of things that run through your mind when you get these annoying weekend phone calls. You might think of something sarcastic or witty to say, or you might be tempted to retaliate. Either of these responses will hurt you professionally.

• ·     Do not frustrated with your boss for calling on the day off Sarcasm is unnecessary and may cost you a good working relationship, or worse, your job.
• ·         Don't ignore the call. Always pick up the phone.
• ·         Don't lie. You'll eventually get caught if you make a habit of not telling the truth, and the last thing you want is to be considered untrustworthy. (Mrs Debby Mayne 2019)

Grooming and Etiquette for Corporate Men and Women

With in the first few minutes if you meet peoples they will make at least eight decisions about you,

• Your Economic level
• your level of education
• your trustworthiness
• your social position
• your level of sophistication
• your breeding
• your success
• your moral character 

So we must ensure that these decisions made about our positive.In that first impression we are what we are wear.Body language and attitude follow a close second.

Life is a tough game we can sit on the side line and complaint or you can join the game,if you are going to be a part of the team ,you have to were uniform.

Wardrobe Planning 

The most important requirement for effective wardrobe planning is to know what  you needs.So diffidently those thing easily The best method of determine lifestyle is to allot percentage points for the following activities.

• At Home
• working 
• Shopping
• Religion needs
•  Travelling 
• Formal Function 
• Others

(Dr Johne Mbuya ,Bulelwa Maphela,2009)

 

 

Dinning etiquette

Dinning etiquette has been around for thousands of years, it has literally taken thousands of years to develop complex system of manners.  Business dining is a chance for you to have face to face interaction with other business entities and clients,

Your lack of professionalism at the table will reflect poorly on your company’s as well as your own reparation.

In today world we have new dining etiquette rule for cellular phone ,because peoples don’t use common sense in ,it is bad etiquette to talk on a cellular phone while having dinning with client and business forum.

TABLE ETIQUETTE BEGAN AS A SET OF RULES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AT THE TABLE . .(Mercedes J Alfare,2011)

Business Etiquette

Living in a Corporate world  work force come with many type  of responsibilities and expectation In that cases Right from your body language to your behavior with each and every employee, in the noticed in the corporate world. This is calls for maintaining a corporate etiquette, which can further enrich and develop your personality. 

What is Business Etiquette

To enhance professionalism and develop a polished image and true perception of trustworthiness. It seems that today the rule is to break all the rules! Unfortunately, when it comes to how we treat one person to another person, some people don’t even know the rules. This may lead to challenges, upside downs, communication gap and lack of fluidity in interpersonal communications.

Business Etiquette may vary from country to country, but commonly in the business world there are 10 basics business etiquette.(Nicky la Marco ,2019)

1.      Arrive on Time	2.      Watch your Body Language
3.        Dress Appropriately for Work	4.      Introduce yourself and others
5.      Speak kindly of others	6.      Do not Interrupt others
7.      Avoid Gossip or Eavesdropping	8.      Mind your Mouth
9.      Show Interest on Others	10.  Consume Food and Drink correctly

Grooming

Most of the time work force coming from different type of culture and different type of back ground with different  type of behaviors.   Those should have about behaviors that the appropriate for the work please. So end result should be properly turn out and properly behaviors.

When we are talking about the dress and grooming first impression of any individual is created by external appearance as well as internal appearance and representing the  organization.

Specially accessories should be appropriate match. Make up should be too loud and colors.

• ·         Dandling earring should be avoid.

 

• ·         Number of fingers rings should be one per hand (for both Men and women)

 

  

                                                                                                                                                        

·         Foot ware uncomfortable pencil heels should be avoid.

 

Looking good on the outside as well as possessing excellent business, social and communication skills will not only attract people but opportunities to them like moths to a flame. In fact, these qualities are commonly found and are possessed by competent and dynamic professionals in the corporate sectors and the high society. Therefore, it is most important for us to look after our appearance and also the way we conduct ourselves in public. Nothing puts people off more than having bad manners and looking unkempt.