Eat Your Career
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The workplace is a unique environment with its own set of rules, etiquette, and standards—both spoken and unspoken. Arrive on time for meetings, stick to agendas, and avoid hijacking conversations. And, more importantly, how can you enhance your professionalism without losing yourself in the process? What is Professionalism?
Ian's Messy Desk
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Map out an agenda for the call. Offer a brief introduction of yourself before speaking in a conference call. Invest in a headset. Give your equipment a test run before an important conference call. Be concise. Be on time. Don’t interrupt. Here’s a humourous advertisement relating to bad conference calls.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 5, 2010
At our local IAAP chapter dinner we heard a speaker from an etiquette protocol company Savoir-Faire and she suggested that it was very important to go to the office party because it was more about protocol and networking and how you are viewed as a team player than socializing. She also suggested being prepared when you go to the party.
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
In this scenario when they were at the first agenda item to approve the agenda, someone asked if Business Arising could be added to the agenda and went on to say why they thought it was important. Approval of Agenda The agenda was accepted as presented. The group agreed to add it.
Professional Assistant Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. Trust me, people start to get irritated when this happens over and over again.
Allwork
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Be sure to clearly communicate the intent of the call or agenda to orient participants to what’s coming. Establishing the ground rules for call culture, including typical etiquette and protocols, can help. Non-Verbal Cues: Nodding to show your understanding of what is being discussed, or smiling can communicate positivity or agreement.
Professional Assistant Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda. If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Delegate a person to be a a Facilitator, a Timekeeper and a Scribe.
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