Articles tagged: "etiquette"

Bad manners are bad for business

by Kevin Stirtz


People miss meetings or show up very late. They take phone calls or let people walk into the middle of scheduled meetings. They don’t return phone calls. The list goes on. We all deal with these annoying behaviors as we do our jobs and manage our businesses.

I did some research on Google and I discovered I’m not the only one who pays attention to these things. Others are indeed bothered by bad manners. You can buy a book, take a class or even hire a consultant to help you address the problem of bad manners in your business.

According to one study I found

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