WORKPLACE SPECIAL....................... 5 WAYS TO - Maintain Workplace Etiquette

5 WAYS TO - Maintain Workplace Etiquette





Offices are increasingly doing away with cubicles and shifting to open floor plans. It becomes important to maintain certain behavioural standards within the office environment. Brinda Dasgupta shows you how to practise workplace etiquette.

1 Avoid Regional Languages

Avoid conversing with team members in your mother tongue in group meetings.“Someone who doesn't speak the language will feel excluded,“ says Indranil Mukherjee, VP and global practice lead for systems integration, SapientNitro.'

2 Express Yourself Well

With many employees working remotely, a large part of office interactions now take place over email and video conferencing.“Work on communicating ideas clearly, and express yourself without sounding condescending,“ says Suresh Raina, managing partner, Hunt Partners.

3 Stay Clean

Be sure to keep your workstation neat and maintain personal hygiene. “Always make sure your standards of personal hygiene and cleanliness are up to scratch,“ says Mukherjee.

4 Respect The Workspace

Put in the extra effort to ensure your colleagues don't have any concerns about your habits.“Keep common areas like restrooms and kitchens tidy, keep your voice down while on the phone, and conform to organisation-mandated dress codes,“ says Mukherjee.

5 Follow Seniors

Often, the best way to go about adopting a certain model of behaviour is to watch how the seniors do it. “Executives higher up the corporate ladder can set an example for their juniors on workplace etiquette,“ says Anand Talwar, CHRO at ITC Infotech.

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