KICK OFF The 2025 Series! CPD Edition No.1: Theme 7.1.Business Etiquette (WEC) - The LEKGOTLA Way! We examine the basics of business etiquette: consideration for others, personal dress/appearance, the workplace versus social situations, business meetings proper introductions and "the handshake", conversation skills/small talk, cultural differences affecting international business opportunities, dealing with interruptions, and proper business email and telephone etiquette. The objectives are to define etiquette and providing example of how it can be of value to a company or organisation, understand the guidelines on how to make effective introductions, identify the 3 C's of good impression, understand how to use a business card effectively, identify and practice at least one way to remember names, identify the 3 steps in giving a handshake, enumerate the four levels of conversation and provide an example for each, understand the meaning of colours in dressing for success, differentiate among the dressy casual, semi-formal, formal and black tie dress code. The Applied Digital Online Learning and Streaming Mastery Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Series - The LEKGOTLA Way! This is the new series by COMETSA Global Online Channels(COMETSA Radio Worldwide – CRW, COMETSA Television Network – CTN, COMETSA Podcasting Network – CPN, and INSIGHTS Online Podcast – IOP), taking place on the second Tuesday of every month, at 19h00 – 21h00 (CAT; SAST), effective from the 14th of January 2025. OFFFF