Manners and Professional Etiquette

Thank you for holding the door, said the older lady with the lengthy light blue-sky color dress. As she turned back, smiled at me and continued on with her day. At that moment I thought back to my child hood, when my mother constantly lecture me about manners. She would always say “siepre tengas buenas modales, con le hente, e te van trantar egual” meaning always have good manners with other people and they would treat you the same. I am grateful that she engraved that ethic in my personality; it has made me who I am today. I believe Manners do matter, not only in your social life, but your workplace.

Manners can come into various forms, but professional etiquette in a workplace is vital, if you want to be respected or even make your job easier. For example, if your job involves you sending emails to other clients, associates or managers. You always want the email to content a greeting, and goodbye. I said respectable because there are different forms of greetings and goodbyes depending on the receiver. Say your sending an email to your client, the email should contain a dear Jon...