BEING A GREAT GUEST!
Leadership doesn’t’ always involve being in a work setting. Leadership is especially important in your personal life as well.
Being a good guest, in a personal environment, I think, really shows what you would be like in your work environment. Here are 10 thought I believe are important when you are a guest.
And I think thank you notes, or C.N.E.’s (Critical Non Essentials) as I call them, are one of the most under-utilised forms of acknowledgement for thanking people – especially if they are hand-written!
Ten rules for being a good guest:
(1) Be considerate of the other person’s time.
(2) Don’t interrupt when someone else is talking.
(3) Don’t dominate the conversation.
(4) Don’t arrive too early or stay too late.
(5) Set appointed times for visits – even good friends like advance notice.
(6) Be courteous and congenial without being patronising.
(7) Be honest about time limits for your visits and make sure it coincides with other people’s schedules.
(8) Help your host or hostess clean up after the meal.
(9) For visits lasting more than a day, take your hosts out to eat at least one meal.
(10) Send a thank-you note or email expressing your appreciation for the gift of their time and kindness.
If you want to make friends and keep them – abide by these rules.
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