What about business etiquette training for social situations?
In addition to etiquette training for the workplace, employees also often need basic business etiquette training for social situations outside the office. Again, the basic rule is common courtesy, but you can also prepare employees for social situations they are likely to face. Consider your audience and try to tailor training the specific kind of situations in which they might find themselves.
Train employees in the best way to introduce themselves and others. If it is appropriate, encourage employees to always carry business cards and invite business contacts to come by and see the company offices. Advise your employees on what they should and should not pay for during these sorts of social dealings.
Important business connections and forged and decisions are made over lunches, dinners, and even breakfast. Business etiquette training can discuss everything from which fork is the dessert fork to how early to arrive for lunch appointments to how much business to talk over lunch.
For better or for worse, oftentimes, decisions are made about individuals or a company based on first impressions that occur away from the job site and at a restaurant or golf course, and as the saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression."