Professional Etiquette is Simple to Follow
The basics of professional etiquette are very simple. First, understand the difference between business etiquette and social etiquette. Business etiquette has nothing to do with gender. For example, if the traditional etiquette of holding a door open for a woman is not necessarily something that is in the workplace and in some situations can result in offending the woman.
In the work environment men and women are treated equally as peers. It is all to do with considering other people's feelings in the workplace and acting as diplomatically and considerately as possible. You can not go wrong if you stick with the basics. Some of these are the rules that we have been brought up with such as ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.
The guiding principle at all times is treating people with consideration and respect. Even if this is obvious to most of us, unfortunately basic decency is something that has been sadly lacking in the workplace today.
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