Etiquette in The Workplace

Business etiquette, at its core, is about treating everyone in the workplace with respect, simple. This video will illustrate the importance of practicing etiquette in business, and examines the intersection of etiquette, social skills, and leadership.

Successful leaders cannot possess hard skills only. To succeed today, especially post-pandemic and amid the great resignation, a great leader needs more—a mastery of social skills which are nattily rooted in etiquette.

In the video, I make a case that everything we do, from the moment we get up through our last meeting of the day, we practice etiquette—whether you realize it or not. Make sure your etiquette and social skills are up to par, or you will not be as successful as you could be.

You already posses the hard, technical skills. Now, let’s perfect your social and etiquette skills—you’re worth it. Get ready to soar!

Reach out to Heidi:

[lorikeene]

Heidi- Real leaders carry all these traits. Great information! Soft skills/ respect are crucial in being and becoming a great leader.

[PeerKristijan]

I have an idea on what a good way to respond to a co-worker's idea is. The core of the idea is to be supportive and be able to come to good decisions with minimal risks of defensiveness from the co-worker. Feedback and reflections from you or other viewers would be appreciated.

So, if a co-worker comes to me with an idea, I'll mirror their enthusiasm and even try to come up with arguments in support of it because I want them to feel that I'm on their side and that I know where they're coming from, which would make them feel less lonely and more supported. However, I'll politely postphone further discussion of the idea until another day.

Then, I'll privately explore the feasibility of this idea with the most skeptical mind, but in the interest of not being cynical, I'll only do critical based on the skillful use of facts and/or reasoning.

When the time comes to discuss this idea further, I'll frame the exploration of it's feasibility as a discussion where we try to make the idea work and plan to make sure that we have the best possible iteration of the idea in practice. Then, I will bring up challenges that are present in this idea and what my ideas on how to overcome them would be. I'd also ask their opinion about how these challenges could be overcome. Then, after this process, which can be tenuous, I'll contrast the feasibility of the idea with the needs of the company or the feasibility of alternative ideas.

However, this doesn't mean that I shut down his proposal. No, I will point out possible ways for this idea to be better, praise their enthusiasm, suggest resources, and encourage them to continue to explore this idea on their own and share any new findings with me.

I look forward to your reply! Have a good day.