Business Tour Good Manners
February 4, 2009
A lot of deals, mainly those relating to business travel, need new talents other than your current skills to ensure advancements in your career. Business tours, for example, are a great way to build networking strategies and also practise your people skills to spark company success.
Also, during business tours, you get the opportunity to improve your PR skills an also gain cultural view into another company’s mode of working.
This is why it is very important to know business tour good manners to have a smooth and successful trip besides of course, winning new business for your company. We’ve covered some basic etiquette pointers for you so you can mix easily with different people; these will be beneficial for your company if you can learn these ways for the country you are visiting to conduct business by being sensitive to their culture.
Some cultures feel better with immediately attending to business, like setting cocktail or coffee bar meetings so they can learn about your company at the earliest. Other cultures, especially traditional ones may like to have long, relaxing conversations before conducting business meetings; so play by the ear.
E.g. in Mexico when you will meet late an hour or two they will not feel bad there usually, (much like India), but Japan is very different from India and Mexico, so remember businesspersons are expected to be punctual here – its preferable to arrive 15 minutes early.
Going to China? Then, remember the Chinese lay importance to their surname. So, polite addressing is Mr. Lee or, if the business partner has a designation (such as manager or Chairman) then use this before the surname.
When your associate gives you a visiting card keep it in your shirt pocket – never keep it your back pocket as it is thought bad manners to do so.
For France, don’t include business with dining and remember to use the family name in business meeting and in Italy, do not refuse offering extra serving of food and try to begin any business meeting with sociable and friendly talk – Italians, like Indians love this. As an ambassador of your country when visiting another country on a business tour, keep the above business tour good manners in mind to gain respect for both firm and nation.
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