An interesting question raised by someone who attended a recent “Networking” seminar of mine. I thought I would share it……. all names changed for privacy :-). “Basically, I’m trying to get two persons to meet. If you remember, one of the other students in Part 2 of […]
Read more →At a recent dining etiquette seminar, one of the participants recounted an incident that I thought was very funny. She was at a formal dinner (boss, important client present), cut up a piece of steak and then discovered (to her chagrin) that she was chewing on a […]
Read more →One of the comments that I received about last week’s story-(“Angels of your Evolution” – the difficult people who are sent to teach us the lessons we need most) is that it is very hard to remember this when you are actually IN a situation with the […]
Read more →We all have or have had difficult people in our lives – the colleague who withholds information, the manipulative boss, and the boyfriend who could never be relied upon.…. All of us have our own particular nemesis. Something that I read recently resonated with me deeply, and […]
Read more →Is your personal space in the office adorned with fluffy toys? Last year’s Christmas cards? Do you have three pairs of shoes peeking out from under your desk? Hand creams, body lotions, half eaten packets of crisps, half dead plants lurking about? Is your deck covered in bits of […]
Read more →Everyone has a story like this. The colleague who wolfs down his lunch, talking as he/she eats, spraying everyone with bits of food. The colleague who had terrible body odour. The colleague who would turn up for client meetings smelling as he/she had eaten handfuls of garlic for […]
Read more →Think before you drink. By Lau Kit-wai After drinking a few glasses of red wine, young executives having fun at an office Christmas party may commit indiscretions such as getting too emotional or telling their bosses what they really think of them. Alice Kaushal, an expert in […]
Read more →The top 10 Dining Etiquette tips Table manners stand out as the single most important benchmark of etiquette. The reality is this- probably because of the proximity to each other, people seem to notice mistakes made at the table much more critically than they do in […]
Read more →We love our smartphones, don’t we….. they make our lives so much easier. Answering an email when we are on the bus saves us so much time. There are pitfalls though…. they seem create a sense of urgency that is sometimes unnecessary. While you are creating that […]
Read more →On 21 September 2010, Jane Horan and I spoke to some 200 plus audience in the Career Buildig Seminar organised SCMP, sponsored by us at Speakers Connect and BlackBerry. Below is the coverage at SCMP Classified Post. Benefits of positive politics Mention office politics and thoughts often turn to behind-the-scenes manipulation […]
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