Style for Success

posted Jul 02, 2010 in Etiquette & Manners / Dining / by Terry Pithers / 0 comments

Do you have to eat everything on your plate?  Maybe.

In our business dining etiquette seminars we're often asked, “Do I have to finish all the food on my plate?”
Now from a table manners point of view the answer is no (unless your mom is dining with you or you are eating at a certain restaurant).

For the good of the planet, we think your mom had the right idea when she said " finish everything on your plate". But some people who agree with her are downright militant about it.

Our advice – light eaters beware of the Wafu restaurant...

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posted Jun 26, 2010 in Dress & Image / by Joanne Blake / 1 comments

Situational Dressing - Why Terry can’t stay with the image consultants

We just got back from the AICI Image Consultants conference in Vancouver, Canada, but Terry wouldn't let us stay at the same hotel as the other image consultants. You'll probably never guess why and it's not because he's cheap, (although he does like to get a good deal for his dollar).

Terry is an outdoorsy kind of guy

Image consultants at conference are always dressed up to the nines. The problem is many of the Canadian and international image consultants don't know that Terry, (who...

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posted Jun 21, 2010 in Etiquette & Manners / by Joanne Blake / 0 comments

Fighting Incivility and the Emily Post Connection

My professional  association AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) just held its annual conference in a Canadian city  this year. It was a busy week at conference in Vancouver, reconnecting with some of our international and Canadian colleagues also Terry and I were doing some networking training with a firm while there. (But why is it that Terry always seems to have more free time to enjoy our out of town trips. He actually rented a bicycle for the week and was able to get...

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