Western Social and Business Etiquette Workshop

Seminar for Chinese Professionals

Introduction

In our image obsessed world, to be a truly successful, international Chinese business person, ready to conquer the Western business world, it is crucial that one acquires the skills and knowledge of Western social and business etiquette. For companies employing Chinese staff to develop their business abroad, it is important that these Chinese representatives have a good understanding of Western etiquette, enabling them to present themselves equally well in either a social or business environment. Elegant representation of your company will give you a huge advantage in establishing your company’s success on the international stage.

As a successful Chinese business person operating in a cosmopolitan environment in the West or with Western business associates in China, do you come across the problem of not being able confidently to decide what to wear for a function; which wine or which dish to order in restaurants; or walk into a party and know how smoothly to start up a conversation with the potential new business acquaintance standing next to you?

Mandarin Consultant’s ‘Western Social and Business Etiquette Workshop’ is aimed at providing successful Chinese professionals with the most in-depth and hands-on Western etiquette training. It comprehensively covers the essence and subtleties of this important skill, providing advice and examples of appropriate behaviour and action to be adopted in different business and social situations. We show participants the way to develop their own unique style, while combining the best of the East and West. This then equips course participants to go out and fully realize their strengths in being able confidently to create a positive first impression.

To ensure that each person has the personal attention of our instructors, we only accept a maximum of ten participants at each workshop. At the end of the workshop, a Certificate will be issued to each participant to certify this level of training.

Venue:

The one-day workshop is held at our corporate entertaining venue, an elegant, central London, Victorian townhouse. A formal luncheon is an integral part of the workshop, providing an ideal opportunity for participants to have some hands-on training on the intricate issues surrounding some potentially embarrassing lunch/dinner party situations.

Fees

£495.00 plus 17.5% VAT
inclusive of a formal 5 course luncheon.

Programme Overview

General Social Etiquette

• Behaviour
• Conversation Do’s and Taboo’s
• Posture, Poise & Body Language
• Correspondence (written and electronic)

Entertaining & Being Entertained

• Host and Guest Duties
• Invitations
• Receiving Lines
• Forms of Address
• Social Greetings versus Business Greetings
• Using social stationery
• When to order spirits and when not
• Cocktail Party Conversation & How to Fit In

Table Manners & Dining Etiquette

• Styles of Eating: English, French and Continental
• Understanding International Menus
• Seating Guidelines
• The Silent Service Code
• How to Eat Difficult Foods
• Toasting
• Using the Finger Bowl
• Dining do’s and don’ts
• Decoding the wine menu

Dress Code

• Understanding the class system according to dress
• Black Tie versus White Tie
• Smart versus Casual
• Accessories