Social Rules of engagement : a focus on friendship
When you make a phone call to someone who does not know you, start the conversation by introducing yourself instead of hello. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call that means they have something more important to attend to. When you are in a multilingual group, use a language that everyone in the group understands Treat the janitor with the same respect as the CEO. Nobody is impressed at how rude you are towards someone below you but people will notice if you treat them with dignity. If you tease someone and they don’t seem to enjoy it, stop it and never do it again. When someone shows you a photo on their phone, don’t swipe left or right. You never know what’s next. Don’t ask awkward questions like ‘why aren’t you married yet?’ Or ‘why don’t you have kids’ and when meeting someone after a long time, unless they want to talk about it, don’t ask them their age and salary. When a colleague is leaving the organization, don't
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