Lunch For Success

Is Your Business Etiquette Good Enough?

Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Craig Peters.

We’re not going to teach you etiquette. We’re going to teach you how to use your etiquette and your social skills to develop something bigger: Social Capital. Since you can’t develop Social Capital without a foundation of etiquette and social skills, here’s a quiz.
Business Etiquette Pop Quiz

In preparation for a business lunch, do you need [...]

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Don’t Get Drunk (Just a Fun Business Lunch Reminder)

Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Craig Peters.

Is it just me, or does it crack you up when you read a business etiquette tip “don’t get drunk”? What else should I not do? Don’t punch your client in the side of the head. Let me write that one down - wouldn’t want to forget that.
In all seriousness, I did enjoy this article [...]

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Business Lunch Etiquette Tip - Handwritten Thank You’s

Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Craig Peters.

Earn extra business etiquette points—aka social capital—by doing something a little different after a business lunch. In these digital days, the handwritten note is a dying art. Darrell Zahorsky agrees in his About.com article:
In today’s hyper social networked age, the simple act of sending business thank you notes to your customers is often overlooked. Saying [...]

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