Business Operations & Logistics
6 Business Etiquette Tips Every Professional Should Know
Follow these business etiquette topics to avoid unnecessarily damaging your business — and your reputation.
Business Etiquette
Tech
8 Zoom Etiquette Rules Everyone Should Follow
These easy-to-follow tips will make your Zoom meetings more dynamic and productive.
Business Branding
12 Passive-Aggressive Phrases That Can Destroy Your Business
Maybe you think you're being polite, but everybody else thinks you're being a jerk.
By John Rampton
Business News
10 Things to Never Say in an Email
Emails can stick around for a long time, and you never know what might get dug up down the road.
By Glassdoor
Building a Business
My Experience and a New Study Agree: Bungled Conference Calls Cost Businesses Big Money
We got on the phone with the client to clear the air and save the project. They fired us instead.
By Gene Marks
Thought Leaders
7 Ways to Break Bad High-Tech Habits
Improve your professional and personal life with these simple tips.
Online Presence
The 9 Indisputable Rules of Techno-Etiquette
How we communicate has changed, but our need to treat others with respect has not.
Building a Business
Business Etiquette Basics From Around the World (Infographic)
Know these cultural differences before you take your business to a new country.
By Rose Leadem
Business News
How I Turned Cell Phone Addiction Into a PR Opportunity
Having dinner with business associates? Put down the damn phone.
Tech
The New Rules for Business Rides in an Uber, a Driverless Car and More
There's a proper time to sing, to sleep and to make small talk.
Entrepreneurs
8 Ways to Gracefully Receive a Compliment
Everyone wants praise but nice people often are often inadvertently rude when they receive it.
Entrepreneurs
How to Rock the Company Picnic and Go Home With Your Reputation Intact
The trick is being the life of the party without later being the butt of the jokes.
Thought Leaders
The Don’t-Be-a-Schmuck Guide to Rescheduling
Yes, it happens to everyone, but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it.
Entrepreneurs
Why Your Emails Could Use an Exclamation Point (or Three)
Punctuation and other markers -- emoticons, slang and the like -- serve as stand-ins for facial expression and vocal intonation.
Entrepreneurs
9 Rules of Open-Office Etiquette
When the rules of open-office etiquette are observed, camaraderie, communication and collaboration will ensue.
Building a Business
The 5 Elements of the Consummately Tactful Professional
The ability to speak truthfully without causing offense is an invaluable asset in the world of business.
Building a Business
20 Things You Are Doing Wrong With Email
Email is a reflection of our personal brand. Why, then, do so many people fail to proofread what they wrote, regretfully send out angry messages and disregard basic etiquette?
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
No Successful Salesperson Is Too Proud to Use Any of These 12 Shameless Tactics
There is nothing wrong with "returning'' a call the prospect said they were going to give you but, apparently, has forgotten to.
By Gene Marks
Online Presence
The Do’s and Don’ts of Email Etiquette
Don't forget, when dashing off an email, that a person you have a business relationship with will judge you by what you write.
Entrepreneurs
Good Manners Are a Career and Business Necessity
One rude person can upset the ambience of the entire office, disrupting teamwork and alienating customers.
Thought Leaders
How to Navigate Happy Hour When You’re the Boss
It's good to loosen up with the team, just not too much.
Thought Leaders
7 Tricks for Never Forgetting Your Manners Anywhere in the World
Business can take you anywhere in this interconnected world but wherever you go, people think well of people who are polite.
Entrepreneurs
8 Tips for Penning a Thank-You Note That Will Be Treasured
Handwritten notes are classic and rare, which makes the sender classy and uncommon.
Business Funding
How Not to Look Like a Fool When Ordering Wine at a Business Dinner
Business dinners can be tricky to navigate, especially if this is your first time hosting a new client, networking with an industry titan or taking out your employees.
Thought Leaders
What the Uber Snafu Teaches About Avoiding Inappropriate Public Statements
Steer clear of unsuitable business remarks and blunders that will ricochet well beyond a private gathering.
By Carm Lyman
Building a Business
Avoid These 5 Practices to Be Better at Business
Without taking the time to reflect upon the past, there will be limited mobility to act in the future.
By Jeff Boss
Building a Business
How to Politely Leave a Conversation
Networking is all about meeting those fabulous people who can catapult your business to the next level. But what do you do when you're trapped by a windbag?