Letitia Baldrige's New Complete Guide to Executive Manners (Hardcover)

by Letitia Baldrige (Author)
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This book tells executives (and others) how to behave in business situations. Baldrige discusses traditional points of etiquette (e.g., making introductions and using proper forms of address), but also gives guidelines for other types of behavior, such as dressing appropriately and planning a meeting. The result is a comprehensive handbook on business manners which combines protocol with common sense. Baldrige, who revised The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette and who served as Jacqueline Kennedy's chief of staff, writes in clear and entertaining fashion. This useful book deserves a place in most business and etiquette collections. Wendy Allex, Central Arkansas Lib. System, Little Rock
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Henry Kaufman internationally renowned economist and financial advisor Essential for all who aspire to move up the ladder...especially today, when business relations are more intricate and involve people not just on the local but the international level. -- Review

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; Rev Sub edition (October 12, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892563621
• ISBN-13: 978-0892563623
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #342,444 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out of date and out of touch, April 18, 2002

By	ebd9242 "ebd9242" - See all my reviews

This book describes a world that most business people do not inhabit. It is stuffy and irrelevant. Business etiquette is based on business situations that constantly evolve. There is no evidence here that the authors have any idea about the reality of the work environment. Business etiquette is not about place settings at the White House or how to address diplomats when you have them over for dinner. It about putting one's associates and guests at ease when the atmosphere is social but the agenda is business. A much better book is The Etiquette Advantage by Post.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, Not for the Average Business Person, June 8, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This book was a disappointment in that it appears to be primarily aimed at high-level diplomats and/or very, very high level corporate people at the biggest corporations. It seemed pompous and snobbish and out of touch with real life situations outside of the diplomatic corp. I would not recommend it for the average Joe Business man who just wants to know the proper real-life etiquette in a majority of corporate environments today.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fundamental social skills, December 5, 2001

By	Larry Chiang "send an email to my phone: chia... (Palo Alto CA University Ave) - See all my reviews

My work centers on meeting and greeting people and getting people comfortable in interacting. This book is critical for those base social skills. I use the tips, strategies and ideas for helping emerging young adults network better.

For people that think it's only for diplomats, or that it's anti woman... I couldn't disagree more. The book shows your the formality in doing proper introductions--- people can choose to customize the intro to the situation!!! It gives you a high water mark to shoot at and no one ever complains about how formal I am in presenting one person to another.

I have recommended this book on multiple occasions. People that I admire most in social circumstances execute the fundamentals taught in this book.