Business Etiquette and Table Manner

OVERVIEW

In business, the place where our manners are put to the test is at the table. Eating a meal with others is a veritable minefield of potential blunders and gaffes, so if you’re planning to dine with work colleagues, superiors, or clients, it’s important to be fully versed in dining etiquette. Business dinners and power lunches are where so many key decisions are made and social meals are where relationships are formed. You must approach business and social meals feeling confident and avoid unforced errors.

This course covers the fundamentals of table manners, addressing everything from place settings to holding utensils, good posture the appropriate conversation. In addition, it also guides viewers through essential business etiquette and manners with tools that can help improve colleague and client relationships and company reputation. Besides, there will also be explained how etiquette and manners are fundamental to building better relationships in the workplace and how they relate to the larger world of business.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Navigate a place setting and menu.
• Hold utensils properly and understand the differences between many food styles.
• Understand manners for specific courses in the meal, from bread and butter to soup and salad.
• Have good posture, eye contact, and appropriate gestures.
• Handle any situation properly
• Toast your host or guest of honor.
• Implement business etiquette in a professional setting

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

• Professionals in the business sector who are required to deal with clients daily

COURSE CONTENTS

• Table Manner
• Business Etiquette
• Social Networking