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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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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Business Lunch Etiquette: Interacting with the Wait Staff

Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by Mark Cornish.

Your clients will form opinions of you by watching how you relate to other people, and at a business lunch your interaction with the wait staff will say a lot. (I’ve heard too many people say, “Well, they are SUPPOSED to serve me…”. Get over yourself.)
Not only do you have an opportunity to show your [...]

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