A: A few minutes before the scheduled start is usually best. Give yourself enough time so you are ready to start the meeting bang on time. If you spend a few minutes getting yourself organised at the start of the meeting, it’ll give the impression of being late, even if you arrived on time. Don’t […]

A: It’s important that any intervention is firm, but not aggressive – you don’t want to make things worse. However, you need to confront whoever is ignoring the agreed etiquette and not let it pass, otherwise everyone else will think that etiquette is optional. You should remind the meeting what has been agreed on etiquette […]

A: You might want to make little joke of being over-dressed (the same would apply if the position was reversed and you were dressed much more casually than the other attendees). If you do, you need to be tactful about how you do this. Alternatively, and assuming no-one else brings it up, you could ignore […]