Make no mistake, etiquette is as important in business as it is in everyday life — it’s also a lot more complicated. From email and phone communications to personal interviews to adapting to corporate and international cultural differences, Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, keeps you on your best behavior in any business situation.

This friendly, authoritative guide shows you how to develop good etiquette on the job and navigate today’s diverse and complex business environment with great success. You’ll get savvy tips for dressing the part, making polite conversation, minding your manners at meetings and meals, behaving at off-site events, handling ethical dilemmas, and conducting international business. You’ll find out how to behave gracefully during tense negotiations, improve your communication skills, and overcome all sorts of work-related challenges. Discover how to:

• Make a great first impression
• Meet and greet with ease
• Be a good company representative
• Practice proper online etiquette
• Adapt to the changing rules of etiquette
• Deal with difficult personalities without losing your cool
• Become a well-mannered traveler
• Develop good relationships with your peers, staff, and superiors
• Give compliments and offer criticism
• Respect physical, racial, ethnic, and gender differences at work
• Learn the difference between “casual Friday” and sloppy Saturday
• Develop cubicle courtesy
• Avoid conversational faux pas

Business etiquette is as important to your success as doing your job well. Read Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, and make no mistake....

Your expert guide to the dos and don'ts of getting married

Your wedding should be fun, exciting, and worry-free-but most brides, grooms, and their families run into sticky situations or unique circumstances that surround etiquette. Now, there's a definitive guide that provides the solutionsfor all those dilemmas big and small.

Wedding Etiquette For Dummies provides sound information and guidance-whether it's deciding how to handle divorced parents, inform guests of where the couple is registered, or tastefully incorporate new traditions into your ceremony and reception. You get plenty of proven advice and tips for everything from who pays for the wedding and properly announcing the engagement to hosting events leading up to the wedding and dealing with destination wedding snags and pitfalls. You'll even see how to gracefully handle wedding cancellations and postponements.

• The dos and don'ts of wedding etiquette for any bride, groom, relatives, or friends of the marrying couple
• Tips for proper behavior during the engagement, ceremony, and reception
• Advice on dealing with the wedding party and opinionated or pushy in-laws
• Special considerations for second (or more) marriages and military, ethnic, and religious weddings
• How to set up a tasteful, interactive wedding website and write the all important thank you note
• Sue Fox is the author of Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition and Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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Life is full of moments when you don’t know how to act or how to handle yourself in front of other people. In these situations, etiquette is vital for keeping your sense of humor and your self-esteem intact. But etiquette is not a behavior that you should just turn on and off. This stuffy French word that translates into getting along with others allows you to put people at ease, make them feel good about a situation, and even improve your reputation.

Etiquette For Dummies approaches the subject from a practical point of view, throwing out the rulebook full of long, pointless lists. Instead, it sets up tough social situations and shows you how to navigate through them successfully, charming everyone with your politeness and social grace. This straightforward, no-nonsense guide will let you discover the ins and outs of:

• Basic behavior for family, friends, relationships, and business
• Grooming, dressing, and staying healthy
• Coping with unexpected stuff like sneezing or feeling queasy
• Maintaining a civilized relationship
• Making friends and keeping them
• Building positive relationships at work
• Communicating effectively

This book shows you how to take on these situations and make them pleasant. It also gives you great advice for tipping appropriately in all types of services and setting stellar examples for your kids. Full of useful advice and written in a laid-back, friendly style, Etiquette For Dummies has all the tools you need to face any social situation with politeness and courtesy....

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