Word: sabath
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sitting at a dinner table in Helsinki, staring at your client. What should you talk about? With guidance from International Business Etiquette: Europe by Ann Marie Sabath (Career Press), you would know that Finns are very private people. Don't ask questions about their private lives unless they bring up the topic first. What's a safe topic of conversation? Sports. Sabath, the president of At Ease, a firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, specializing in business etiquette, has written easy-to-use guides for the corporate traveler in Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim, and Latin America (the latter...
...know not to blow your nose in public in Belgium, where it's considered an offensive gesture. Or not to eat everything on your plate in Taiwan. Knowing the local language is an advantage in getting acquainted with others and being accepted. But if you're not fluent, says Sabath, "one way to successfully conduct business is to become knowledgeable about the country's customs and manners...