Tag: modern manners
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Corporate Telephone Etiquette: A Wake Up Call for Millennials
In an era when everyday communication methods involve GIF keyboards, Snapchat filters, and group messaging, young professionals are poorly trained on verbal telephone conversations. If you fall into this category, consider these 5 guidelines for corporate telephone etiquette.
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A Travel Guide for Appropriate Road Trip Behavior
Many of our readers have asked about ways to prepare for long-distance road trips and proper vehicle behavior for being a good roadtrip passenger. Wherever your holiday travels may take you, implement the following 6 tips to be the best travel buddy.
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3 Tips for Eco-Friendly Gift Giving
When planning this year’s holiday gifts, consider your environmental impact, here are 3 tips to help you soften this blow on Mother Nature without having to sacrifice your gifting aesthetics.
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Gifts and Goodwill: Your 2017 Holiday Gift-Giving Guide
This holiday season, consider these 8 tips for a thoughtful and successful experience.
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Art of Conversations in the Millennial Age
To dispel this stereotype and strengthen millennial interpersonal skills, avoid these four modern communication mishaps.
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Five Common Handwashing Mistakes in the Workplace
The winter months are prime time for many common illnesses. If offices work together to promote thorough handwashing, employees might avoid strep throat or the flu.
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Global Gift Giving in Southern Europe
Absorb wisdom and educate others about global gifting tips to increase your cross-cultural understanding of the world.
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Global Gift Giving in Northern Europe
While gifts are not traditionally exchanged between business associates in this region, the holiday season is a wonderful opportunity to express gratitude and goodwill with a culturally-appropriate token.
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Global Gift Giving Customs in Central & Eastern Europe
As part three of cross-cultural gift giving worldwide, let’s explore the different implications when giving and receiving gifts in Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs), as defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The countries included in CEECs are Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and…
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Global Gift Giving in Western Europe
Western European countries do not consider gift giving as a common practice among business associates. It will be important to know this culture of gift-giving in order to avoid misinterpretations when meeting your international business partner(s) for the first time.