**Top 10 Work and Networking Manners

**Top 10 Work and Networking Manners

In today’s job market, skills open doors—but manners decide how long you stay inside the room.

Research continues to show that how we work with others matters just as much as what we can do.

Here’s why this matters:

• 📊 85% of job success comes from soft skills like communication, attitude, and teamwork—not technical skills alone
  (Harvard University, Carnegie Foundation, Stanford Research)

• 📊 92% of employers say soft skills are equally or more important than hard skills
  (LinkedIn Global Talent Trends)

• 📊 Poor workplace behavior is one of the top reasons employees are let go, even when performance is strong
  (Society for Human Resource Management – SHRM)

Top 10 Work & Networking Manners That Protect Your Career

1. Respect time – show up prepared and on time

2. Listen fully – don’t interrupt or multitask

3. Respond professionally – emails, messages, meetings

4. Accept feedback without defensiveness

5. Give credit where it’s due

6. Avoid gossip – it travels faster than résumés

7. Be kind to everyone, not just decision-makers

8. Follow through – reliability builds trust

9. Manage emotions under pressure

10. Leave people better than you found them

💡 Hard truth:
People rarely lose opportunities because they “weren’t talented enough.”
They lose them because they were difficult, dismissive, unreliable, or disrespectful.

Why this matters now

With AI, automation, and global competition rising, human skills are the real differentiator. Manners, emotional intelligence, and professionalism are now career insurance.

Engagement Question

👉 Which workplace or networking behavior do you think damages careers the fastest—and why?

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