Test your etiquette

You arrive late at a meeting.

a. Sit down quietly without saying anything.

b. Apologize to the chairperson.

You have a bad cough and cold. You keep on coughing and sneezing.

a. Apologize.

b. Say nothing.

3. You can’t understand what someone is saying because he’s speaking with his hand in front of his mouth.

a. Ask him to move his hand.

b. Hope that sooner or later he’ll move his hand.

One of your guests looks a little ill.

a. Ignore him/her.

b. Ask if he/she is OK.

5. You’re non-smoker. Someone sitting next to you lights up.

a. Ask him/her politely not to smoke.

b. Move your chair away a little.

6. You’re having a coffee break. You spill coffee on your colleague’s jacket.

a. Offer to pay for the jacket to be cleaned.

b. Apologize profusely and leave it at that.

7. You’re having a coffee break. Your mobile phone rings.

a. Answer it.

b. Let the answering machine take a message.

8. You’re a guest. You’re having coffee in a bar. It’s time to pay the bill.

a. Offer to pay.

b. Let your guest pay.

Pre reading Here is the outline to the article below. Can you guess what each point on the outline is about? Read the article and check your answers. · the importance of business meetings · good and bad news about meetings · the ways to make meetings more effective · steps to take: a) before the meeting b) during the meeting c) after the meeting

Business Meetings

Every business, whether it has 2 employees or 2,000, has meetings as a regular part of getting things done. Although employees can communicate with one another in an organization in many different ways, business meetings — if they are conducted in the right way — can be incredibly effective and efficient.

Meetings are not only one of the most important ways for employees to communicate within organizations, but they're also the way that teams get their work done. Although individual team members work on tasks outside of meetings, team meetings give members the opportunity to come together to determine the team's goals, its plans for achieving its goals, and who will do what — and when.

Take a close look at what makes meetings tick and find out how to conduct better business meetings.

Date: 2016-01-14; view: 1039