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Business Practice: Lessons 1-4

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  • What noun comes from the verb "collaborate?"
    Collaboration.
  • What is a CFO?
    Chief Financial Officer.
  • Peter Smith is a client of your company, and Kelly Clark is a co-worker. Who is the more important person when you're introducing them to each other?
    Peter Smith (because he's the client).
  • When making small talk, what should you look for to make an exit?
    An appropriate point in the conversation.
  • Is small talk important?
    Yes, even though it might be about nothing important.
  • What is a CEO?
    Chief Executive Officer.
  • In the UK, what is an essential preamble to business talk?
    Small talk.
  • At a business dinner, why should you lightly press your napkin around your mouth?
    To dab any liquid or food.
  • What is a CEM?
    Chief Executive Manager of an American limited liability corporation.
  • What is the word "fun" used for?
    Someone or something that gives us pleasure or enjoyment.
  • At a business dinner, why should you tuck your napkin into your shirt like a bib?
    Sorry, trick question. You shouldn't.
  • What is not comfortable in many Western cultures?
    Silence.
  • What is a CTO?
    Chief Technology Officer.
  • What word is often confused with "fun" because of the similarity between their connotations?
    "Funny."
  • What noun comes from the verb "cooperate?"
    Cooperation.
  • What do people do when they're collaborating?
    Work together on a single shared goal, like an orchestra does.
  • What is a COO?
    Chief Operations Officer.
  • What does the verb "cooperate" mean?
    "To be willing to help someone to achieve something; be helpful."
  • What should you consider when you have to introduce two people to each other?
    Who the more important person is.
  • Could you be judged in business by the quality of your handshake?
    Yes.
  • What is a CPO?
    Chief Program Officer (government).
  • What should you express when leaving a conversation of small talk?
    Regret at the upcoming separation.
  • In a banquet setting or at a restaurant for a business dinner, when should you first place your napkin on your lap?
    As soon as you are first seated.
  • What is the universally accepted business greeting?
    Handshakes.
  • What does being able to make small talk allow you to do?
    Make yourself part of a group.
  • What are the weather, current social issues, and events which happened to the acquaintances normally considered as common topics for?
    Small talk.
  • What does the verb "collaborate" mean?
    "To work in partnership with someone on the same task."
  • What does using the napkin correctly show?
    Confidence, good manners, and attention to details, which are valued traits in business encounters.
  • Why do we engage in small talk?
    To show friendliness and openness and to make people comfortable before business or a serious conversation begins.
  • What is the word "funny" used for?
    Someone or something that makes us laugh.