Many of us spend more time at work than at home, so it’s really important to have fulfilling relationships both with colleagues and customers. Bring Your Manners To Work Day was created by The Protocol School of Washington to remind people of the importance of treating people with courtesy and respect in the workplace. Everyone should practice good manners, whether at work or at home, and common bad manners at work include things like loud ringtones, not cleaning up after yourself and polite conversation.
Although Bring Your Manners To Work Day is just one day of the year, it doesn’t mean you should only be polite at work for one day. Use the day as a reminder of the importance of good manners every day of the year, and you may well find good manners help to open the doors to new opportunities in the workplace.
In 2013 Reuters reported:
A recent survey by OfficeTeam found that 80 percent of executives say clothing affects an employee’s chances of earning a promotion. In a separate survey, the company also found that nearly 40 percent of managers do not respond favorably to social media “friend” requests from employees while 46 percent aren’t keen on connecting with their boss on social media.
But leading the way in terms of contributing to poor form in the work place — and not all that surprisingly — is the inappropriate use of technology. In fact, a recent study by Robert Half Technology found that 64 percent of surveyed CIOs said the increase use of mobile devices, including cell phones and tablets, has led to a significant increase in breaches of workplace etiquette.
That’s up from the 51 percent who reported failures in etiquette just three years ago.
It’s for reasons like these that The Protocol School of Washington® established Bring Your Manners to Work Day.
