If you can’t drink your colleagues under the table, don’t attempt to. If you can’t function on less than 8 hours sleep, don’t try. Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at understanding your weaknesses to stay ahead of the game.
Does the thought of networking make you a little anxious? You’re not alone. Lady Danielle Di Masi blogs about walking into a business networking event with confidence.
“If you have to fake it till you make I say go for it and never let something like the unknown or nerves get in the way of getting what you deserve.”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about minding your manners online.
“Netiquette is all about proper conduct online…”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about ensuring you’re appropriately dressed for business events and functions.
“If an event goes to the effort to state the attire then you should go to the effort to dress appropriately. They obviously have a standard that they would like to see for the function…”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about choosing the right environment for your meetings, functions and events.
“Etiquette is not just about food and wine, it is all about making your guest comfortable in your presence and this includes selecting the right environment.”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about how those emails you send late at night might be perceived by the receiver.
“Getting emails in the middle of the night also might make people question what you have been doing online till 2am. Sure the reality may be that you have to do these sorts of hours, but that is what the draft folder is for and send the email first thing in the morning.”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about treating every meeting as important, even “informal” ones over coffee.
“Always remember you are your client’s experience of the company, you are the service and the product. How you act in your meetings, any meeting no matter how informal you may think it is, influences the way they perceive you and your company as a firm and its value.”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about the six questions you should ask yourself before entering into any conflict, discussion or any interaction
“It’s so easy to want to make everything right, fix people, fix situations but you sometimes have to step back and say ‘this isn’t mine to fix.'”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi blogs about shaking off nerves before public speaking.
“If you are running a meeting, a training session, being interviewed or speaking at an event then shake off those nerves and feel confident that everyone that will be seeing you wants you to do well; for their sake as well as yours.”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at minding your manners in emails.
“I know we’ve all been there, you’re about to rush off to a meeting when you notice an email from a colleague, staff member or client just asking a question that you know only needs a quick response and you can delete that email… So you quickly type a “yes” or “no” and delete and rush off to your meeting.”
