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Introduce yourself with your full name
• When first meeting someone, whether in a
boardroom or a networking event, always
introduce yourself with your full name
• No matter the situation, the name of the game
is to be as memorable as possible
• If you only use your first name, your new
contact might later struggle to remember
which Kevin or Rachel you were
Uncross your legs
• Crossing your legs can be distracting, and even
just a little bit too sexy
• More importantly, however, is the health
concerns
• Crossing your legs can be very bad for your
circulation
Limit your "thanks yours."
• It's great to be grateful, but you don't want to
be overly thankful
• Saying too many thank you in a single
conversation can actually work in reverse to
your meaning, diluting the impact of your
initial thanks
• It can also work to make you come off as
needy and unsure of yourself
Keep your lunch in the kitchen
• It's easy to get overwhelmed at work and decide you don't even have 20 minutes to eat lunch
• Instead, you end up eating lunch hunched over your desk looking at spreadsheets
• Not only is this a sad state of affairs for you, it's also not great for your coworkers
• Take the time out of your day to eat lunch in the kitchen or common areas, even if it means taking only a short lunch
• Your coworkers, and your stomach, will thank you
Always pick up the tab if you did the inviting
• If you invited clients or coworkers out to
dinner, don't look for contributions when the
bill comes
• If you were the host of the evening, proper
etiquette dictates it's your turn to pay the bill
Keep personal items off the table
• Today, we're all very attached to our cell
phones...maybe a little too attached
• Many of us will put our cell phone right beside us
when dining, like an uninvited dinner guest
• If you choose to do this, know your smartphone is
probably not the only uninvited guest
• In fact, cell phones are great for sharing more
than pictures and status updates, they're also great
for sharing bacteria
Don't ask an overwhelming amount of questions in meetings
• When you go to a meeting, it's always good to
come with a few questions in tow
• The keyword here is "a few"
• Choose your most important questions and
wait until the end of the meeting to ask
• If you leave with more questions, you can
always ask later over email instead of wasting
your coworkers' time
Don't just walk into someone's office
• "Hey Bob, you busy?" The answer is probably yes, but perhaps Bob is too uncomfortable to immediately shoo you out
• By walking unannounced into someone's office, you assume you have the right to interrupt another's work
• Instead of just shambling in whenever you please, take a few minutes to call or email and set up a time to talk
Reply to all on emails when it's necessary
• The "reply all" function can be dangerous
• But if you forget to use it when needed, you're
creating a lot of extra, unnecessary work for
others
• Now, people won't stay in the loop, and time is
wasted
Remove people from email threads
• Who don't need to be there
• Conversely, there's nothing more annoying than getting stuck on an email thread when you're not needed
• You come back from lunch and suddenly your inbox is bursting, except none of the emails are relevant to your work at all
• Before starting an email chain, make sure everyone involved needs to be kept in the loop on all work
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