Social Etiquette Training

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Sometimes social interaction can seem complicated. It is essential to work within a framework of established social rules and laws. These unwritten rules and regulations were created for many reasons. Some are too obscure or esoteric to understand in a modern setting. However, they were designed to facilitate interactions among people from different backgrounds. These differences created the need for something that would allow all parties to make connections and allow them to interact. Thus Social Etiquette was born.

However, it was a complex and confusing minefield for inexperienced or uninitiated to navigate at first. The fact that most people are unaware of the principles of Social Etiquette, and take offense to any slights made against them by others who are not well-informed, experienced, or inexperienced only makes matters worse. This can lead to a disastrous outcome in places like the workplace where interaction is paramount.

Paramount Training and Development is sensitive to the needs of society and people who use Social Etiquette in their daily lives. However, it also understands why certain people are motivated by society or themselves to acquire the necessary skills. Social Etiquette Training is for the uninitiated and those who are challenged. It teaches them the basics as well as the more complicated aspects of social etiquette.

Social etiquette is like a complex dance. You need to consider many things before and during your performance. These include the basic elements of social context, acceptable and unacceptable behavior, how one can be polite and show socially acceptable behavior, how to deal with problematic individuals, how to help them or minimize their ability to disrupt your delicate waltz, and how these behaviors extend beyond media that we use with our eyes and ears. Paramount Training and Development sees the importance of these social etiquette standards and many more that many people don't understand or are unable to comply with. To help these people see the importance of social etiquette, we created the Social Etiquette Training program.

Social Etiquette Training Outline

Learn the various kinds of Social Etiquette that is to be expected of them

As this training program is on general social etiquette, while there are many universal mannerisms, attitudes, and behaviors that all forms of social etiquette conform to, there behaviors deemed acceptable in one kind of social context that may not be applicable to others. To that end, learners of Social Etiquette training are taught the many kinds of social settings they are expected to find themselves in – be it the workplace, meetings, parties, and many more – and are then taught the basics, similarities and differences between them.

Define appropriate and inappropriate behaviors and the reasoning behind them

Most of the ‘dos and don’ts’ of Social Etiquette are hard to describe but easy to identify once the necessary markers have been shown or otherwise demonstrated to even a casual observer. In some of the earliest lessons of Social Etiquette training, learners are exposed to these behaviors both good and bad in simulations that attempt to recreate or mimic normal interaction as closely as possible. Once this is done, learners are then taught the reasoning behind why these behaviors are looked upon kindly or frowned upon using a mix of historical context as well as more practical reasons as to why these are the way they are; allowing learners a firmer and more complete understanding of these behaviors overall.

Display proficiency in using various media channels/methods for social interaction

In the workplace and beyond, many forms of media are available to facilitate social interaction; be it through more traditional media such as the written word or telephones, to the high-tech world of social media and other platforms people use to communicate online. As Social Etiquette Training covers all forms of etiquette from regular interactions between individuals like in “get togethers”, the workplace, and in meetings, as well as those facilitated by media both new and old, learners will also be informed how to operate, converse, or otherwise properly utilize these tools for social interaction, ensuring that learners have a more complete perception of etiquette and its importance, even in the new media.

Be capable of working with difficult people

One of the greater challenges that learners of Social Etiquette must face are what are termed as difficult people. These individuals vary wildly, from the uninitiated and ill-informed through to those who are intentionally violating the socially acceptable for whatever purpose they may have. There are many ways to deal with these problem individuals as will be taught to our learners, but equally important is the ability of our learners to identify the intent of these violators; for while there may be methods to deal with these troublemakers in a neutral manner, other methods require much more severe measures that should only be carried out if fully warranted. Learners hence are also given methods and strategies to reliably identify the intent of these individuals and then deal with them in the most appropriate manner possible.

Develop attitudes that promote Social Etiquette

More than just a configuration of mannerisms, attitudes, gestures, and words that a person must operate under and conform to when in a social environment that demands a form of etiquette to be practiced and displayed, social etiquette is also an attitude, philosophy, and frame of mind that enables the person to perform an display the requisite actions, attitudes, and behaviors with greater motivation and determination to do so. Much like the more technical aspects of Social Etiquette Training, these can be taught and demonstrated to learners and can thus be developed through a bit of practice and constant repetition.