OFFICE MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE
By working in an office or firm you are compensated with your salary. As you are working there, your employer is paying you, it is definitely true! But apart from working there for salary, you also have to maintain certain etiquette and manners, which is a very important part of your duties. If you keep on thes forever you will definitely be appraised by everyone and get recognition. Here are some of them.
DRESS NEATLY
In any office, your dressing and appearance is an important thing. Do not go to office hurriedly with the dress unpressed. Also check up whether the dress you wear is not torn anywhere. It should be one which is washed. The dress should not be necessarily a costly one but should be a neatly appeared. People should identify you as a person with good dressing always. Even after rushing to the office, you should comb your hair neatly and take care of yourself to neat afresh.
Wear a clean footwear. Do not where sportswear or casual one, which degrades you in an office. Do make your footwear always shining if it is shoes. Whether is is a tie, a belt or an identity card, it should not be maintained casually. Remember it is not your house, its an office, where you find a lot of people come to you to deal with you.
BE POLITE
Always be polite with your customers or clients and also with your colleagues. Do not talk with a louder voice and do not make loud laughters, which turns every one in the premises toward you and gives a very bad impression. If you want cough or sneeze, use your hanky or tissue paper and also excuse yourself. Whenever you want to interrupt any other one in the office never forget to ask their permission or knocking their cabin.
KEEP SMILING
Smile is a natural adornment on every one's face. Only human beings have this great feeling, which makes others also very happy. So keep smiling in the office and deal with your clients, by which you can find most of your things are done so easily and casually. You can win a lot of hearts with smiling a little bit. Not only your manners but the smile also fetches you great rewards in your routine. This gives you immense pleasure and inspire you to work more.
NO GOSSIPING
Do not gossip with your colleague about someother colleague, as it leads to lot of disturbances and misunderstandings an office. A friendly atmosphere is to be always maintained by you, which makes you non-controversial, even if you do not spare with the politics in the office. The most important thing is to control your emotions in such kind of environment.
RESPECT
You should respect not only your boss, but also your colleagues and customers. Even your juniors also are to be treated with respect. Giving respect to every one makes you more respected by any one in office. A very pleasant environment is created by you if you behave with everybody with respect. Saying, "Thank you", "Sorry", "You are welcome" will impress your colleagues.
NEATNESS
Apart from appearing neatly, you should reflect the same thing in your work also. Have some patience while writing or in keying the matter through computer. Strikings, errors and corrections make your work appeared clumsy and ugly, which gives no impression to anybody. Spare some time to achieve the perfection. Also maintain your workplace neatly. Your belongings and office stationery before you should be kept in an array, which gives you lot of pleasantness to your colleagues, customers and even your boss.
PUNCTUALITY
At times, you will find your clients sitting in the counter, in front of your seat, waiting for you. When you do not go in time, obviously it gives you a guilty feeling, if you go late, particularly when you deal with clients. In fact, even if you do not deal with customers, your colleagues should not feel that you are always or often being a late comer to the office. So get ready to office well-in-time, and see yourself reached within time daily.
Whenever you give an appointment to anyone or gave a landmark to your colleague or customer to meet at a specific time, try to arrive at least before 5 minutes or at least at right time. If you are being late, inform the other person by calling him before you reache the place. And do not forget to beg pardon for your delay, after reaching there.
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