Tag: training

THE ELEVEN COMMANDMENTS OF BUSINESS DINING

Every Easter long weekend, I recall my semi-practicing Catholic childhood, and all the rituals associated with this springtime celebration. On Good Friday, we visit St. Joseph’s Oratory and dining is usually fish, filet of sole to be precise, and at three o’clock sharp, the whole street stops playing and all the kids look up at […]

TWELVE GUIDELINES FOR IN-FLIGHT CIVILITY

Travelling by airplane used to be exotic, at times fun and sometimes sexy… Nowadays, with the increasing number of passengers, the lengthy security procedures, narrowing seats, shrinking leg space and the Knee Defenders, it can be very stressful. Travelling by aircraft, to get to the conference, to visit a loved one or to explore a remote […]

NEW YEAR TOAST ORIGINS, DOS AND DON’TS

In just a few hours, you will be toasting; saying goodbye to one year and welcoming another. This New Year’s Eve tradition is all about the toast, the toast; it’s all about the toast…. You know how the song goes, but do you know how to toast? *** Here is your New Year’s Eve toasting guide: […]

NINE Q & A TO SHINE AT THE HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY

Today’s holiday office parties are not that different than those of your parents’, with one small exception… In their heydays of afros, bell bottoms and disco balls dancing to Donna Summer or grooving to Stevie Wonder, if a colleague was a little tipsy and did something silly, at worst, there could be a Polaroid on […]