Tweet Last week I posted an article for employees called “How to Navigate Social Media: For Employers,” that provided some basic guidance on how to create a social media policy for business owners. This week, I’ve changed gears and am sharing some etiquette tips for employees who are using social media both for personal use [...]
Global Business Etiquette Tips – Part One
Tweet Bill Gates found himself the topic of conversation last week—and it had nothing to do with technology. Tongues were wagging and heads were shaking in South Korea when Bill Gates greeted President Park Geun-hye with a one-hand shake, while his other hand was in his pocket. Gates probably didn’t realize it, but a one-hand [...]
10 Tips for Chinese Dining Etiquette
Tweet Today’s blog is a guest post provided by Phoebe Yu. So you’ve mastered the ancient art of chopsticks-fu, and can order your way out of a dimsum cart. But Chinese dining is more than delicious food and fragrant dishes. Eating together is a highly social activity, which is why dishes are always shared and individual [...]
Approach Each Man By the Right Door
Tweet I recently read an article by Nick Bilton, columnist and lead writer at The New York Times, titled Disruptions: Digital Era Redefining Etiquette. In the article, Bilton writes “Who leaves a voice mail message when you don’t answer, rather than texting you? Don’t these people realize they’re wasting your time?” I was a little [...]
Alternative Ways to Read Our Business Etiquette Posts
Tweet Google recently announced that they are closing Google Reader on July 1, 2013. For those of you who are subscribed to our blog feed to stay on top of our business etiquette articles, here are a few options for you. If you read your RSS feeds on different devices, or locations (at home, at work, [...]



