What you'll learn?

  • Create a professional appearance
  • Develop positive co-worker relationships
  • Develop a positive working relationship with superiors and staff
  • Use the Internet appropriately
  • Identify and handle ethical dilemmas
  • Maintain loyalty and confidentiality in the workplace
  • Handle personal issues in the workplace
  • Introduce people properly and identify actions to take when being introduced
  • Be an effective conversationalist and handle conversational faux pas
  • Follow meeting protocol and etiquette
  • Describe telephone courtesy and apply it while using telephone, voice mail, and speakerphones
  • Compose professional e-mail messages
  • Follow proper writing guidelines to communicate written information clearly and efficiently
  • Follow proper etiquette at business functions
  • Learn the rules of etiquette for business dining
  • Follow etiquette for traveling by plane, train, or car, and staying at hotels
  • Prepare for business trips by understanding cultural orientations and respecting hosts

Description

Business etiquette is a code of behavior that makes business interactions predictable and professional. It combines common sense and consideration for others to establish a set of rules for professional behavior. When you apply these rules, you make work life more successful and pleasant for you and your co-workers.

Audience :

This course is designed for trainees who want to develop their professional skills in interacting successfully with their co workers, supervisors, and staff in work environment.

Topics :

Office Protocol

o  Understanding Business Etiquette

o  Maintaining a Professional Appearance

o  Practicing Cubicle Etiquette

o  Practicing Office Etiquette

o  Developing Positive Relationships with Co?workers, Superiors and Staff

o  Avoiding Rumors and Gossip

Professional Conduct

o  Accessing the Internet

Handling Ethical Dilemmas

o  Maintaining Loyalty and Confidentiality

o  Handling Personal Issues in the Workplace

Communicating in the Workplace

o  Introducing People

o  Following Etiquette While Being Introduced

o  Making Conversation

o  Understanding Meeting Protocol

o  Conducting Yourself Properly in Meetings

Etiquette in Communication

Applying Telephone Courtesy

Using Voice Mail and Speakerphones

Using Subject Lines and E-mail Signatures

Composing the Body of E-mail Messages

Formatting a Business Letter

Writing Memos and Informal Letters

Business Functions

o  Identifying Types of Business Functions

o  Following Etiquette at Business Functions

o  Identifying Table Settings at Formal Dinners

o  Following Etiquette for Business Dining

o  Handling Utensils and Napkins

o  Applying Basic Rules of Dining Etiquette

Traveling for Business

o  Being a Courteous Traveler

o  Following Rules of Etiquette at Hotels

o  Understanding Cultural Orientation

o  Showing Respect for Your Hosts

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

No previous knowledge is required.

Category :

  • Business

Training Materials :

Thomson Courseware for Business Etiquette

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

This course is both a standalone skills based certificate & also part of the "YAT Business Diplomas".

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