This document discusses the importance of office etiquette in maintaining a productive work environment. It identifies several behaviors that are important for proper workplace etiquette, such as refraining from gossip, asking before borrowing items, being courteous, and being sensitive to others' privacy. Improper behaviors like poor hygiene, making excessive noise, and frequent interruptions can bother coworkers. Following good etiquette principles can foster more positive and professional relationships at work, enable better teamwork, and help resolve conflicts constructively. Upholding strong etiquette can also benefit individuals in terms of developing professionalism, gaining respect from colleagues, avoiding a negative reputation, and increasing opportunities for career growth.

1. Muhammad Abdullah

2. • To define office etiquette and stress the
importance of creating a work
environment conducive to positive
interaction among employees
• To identify behaviors
considered important for
maintaining workplace
etiquette

3. Etiquette is about governing socially
acceptable behavior
In a professional sense, this includes
behavior towards clients and colleagues
which is in their best interest.
Discuss Etiquette & Manners

5. UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF OFFICE ETIQUETTE
"office etiquette" may call up as formality, it is in
actual fact very simple.
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Time Management is Self
Management
Who is a security Guard?
DRESS APPROPRIATELY
Good personality is
the base of professionalism

6. STAY AWAY FROM GOSSIP4
ASK BEFORE BORROWING5
6 BE COURTEOUS: SAY PLEASE, THANK
YOU, YOU’RE WELCOME, I’M SORRY
REFRAIN FROM BEING LOUD7
8 BE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS’ PRIVACY &
DON’T CONSISTENTLY INTERRUPT PEOPLE

7. Employees are bothered by co-workers who:
• Have poor personalhygiene
• Trash or belongings in other people’s
workspace or dirty/ irregular common workplace
• Gossips OR Frequently complaining
• Drop in on you while working and don’t ask if its
okay to interrupt
• Borrow things but forget to return them
• Have outbursts ofanger/yell/curse
• Speak too loudly on the telephone
• Chewing/ eating or trash habit of colleagues

8. “Don’t reserve your best behavior for
special occasions. You can’t have two
sets of manners, two social codes – one
for those you admire and want to
impress, another for those whom you
consider unimportant. You must be the
same to all people.”
~Lillian Eichler Watson
Remember…!!!
Myth as I can perform

9. • More productive and true professional relationships
• Teamwork (Synergy effect: whole is greater then
their individual sum)
• Effective in problems/ confrontations solving
(Win-Win situation among all)
How Etiquette will breed organization?
• You can win loyalty
and satisfaction of
your customers
(Internal/ external)

10. • Develop professionalism in ourselves
• Mutual feelings of respect and care with co-
workers
• Ensures that you don’t become notorious
or unfavorable
• Modifies distracting behaviors and
develops admired conduct in you.
• Enables you to be confident in a variety of
settings with a variety of people
• Increase in the chances of better reviews,
appraisals, promotions and growth
How Etiquette will grow us?