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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Ordering Dessert at a Business Lunch Depends on Your Guest

Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by Craig Peters.

Should you order dessert at a business lunch? In general, sure, if the conditions are right, go right ahead. Sound’s simple enough–and it actually is simple–but what are the conditions?
Guideline: it’s about your guest, not about you
General guidelines and frameworks are going to serve you better than precise checklists and absolutes. For this dessert question, [...]

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