Our corporate clients include hotels & resorts, management consulting firms, outplacement firms, IT firms, banks, insurance companies, governments and more.  In our seminars, participants from entry-level college graduates to senior executives learn the importance of business etiquette and protocol, and that social skills - or the lack thereof -  can make or break deals and careers.

The International Butler Academy is pleased to offer a number of seminars.  Our seminars fall into a variety of categories. One theme that runs through all of them is that we believe in taking a proactive approach to keep our clients and employers satisfied with our performance.  We are also involved with promotional activities.

Corporate

A life-long head start - the gift of good manners.  Business and hiring decisions are often made over lunch or dinner.  Are you comfortable and at ease in such situations, someone to be trusted and respected?  How you relate to other guests, carry on a conversation, handle your silverware, and even treat the wait staff, speaks volumes about you. Good manners are good business. These training modules are not available for individual students but only for groups.

A clear understanding that perfection is a journey - not a destination - is balanced with the appreciation that rules of etiquette and protocol are a flexible framework of common sense consideration for others.  This applies equally to the boardroom and to the dining room, and even on the golf course.

Who are our corporate clients?  Here are some examples;

Whatever your wish may be

Although most of our staff have experience in several areas of service, the various seminars are conducted by those persons with expertise and experience in the particular topic.  If you are interested in having The International Butler Academy put one or more of our seminars on for you, please contact us. We also work with children of select clients, instilling the life skills and benefits associated with mannerly behavior. Please contact us and let us know your wish.  We will be pleased to put together a custom-made program for you. 
 

The International Butler Academy is committed to offering contemporary and universally accepted protocol and etiquette programs in the highest professional manner.

We will work with a company's senior management to learn its needs for protocol and etiquette training and to develop a corporate etiquette plan.  We also work with professional organizations and clubs whose members share a community of interest.  A program is tailored for the organization's needs.  We also conduct follow-up interviews with the organization's management or officials to assess the effectiveness of the training.

Below is a sample Etiquette & Protocol training curriculum.

This high-content, two-week interactive seminar was custom-designed to the specific needs and interests of a corporate client, with special emphasis on presenting a polished professional image.
 

Business etiquette;

• First impressions - lasting impressions bungalow),
• Presenting a polished professional image
• Dress for success
• First impressions - lasting impressions
• Presenting a polished professional image
• Dress for success
• How to make others feel like a VIPs
• Impress clients
• Listening skills - the real secret of success
• Body language - nonverbal communication
• Effective Correspondence
• Presence and awareness
• How to make proper introductions
• Five star customer service
• Business cards
• Rank and status
• Effective gifts
• Telephone manners
• Present an international image
• Communication skills
• Hand shaking
• The ultimate greeting
• Introducing yourself and others
• Forms of address
• Eye contact
• Remembering names
• Strategic do's and don'ts
• What to do with rudeness
• Total quality in the business area
• Business Travel
• Rehearsal techniques
• and much more...

Dining Skills;

• Extending the invitation
• Accepting the invitation
• Silverware confidence
• Setting the table
• Selecting wines
• Wine tasting
• Guest and Host duties
• Seating the guests
• Guest of honor duties
• Difficult foods
• Tipping
• Body language at the table
• Dealing with accidents
• Multi-Course dining
• Formal vs. Informal dining
• Pitfalls to avoid
• Toasting
• Receiving lines
• Napkins
• and much more...

The Restaurant Meal;

• Choosing the location
• Making the reservation
• Meeting your guest/host
• Seating the guests
• Menu selections
• Drinking before/during the meal
• Conversation topics
• Doing business at the meal
• Leaving the table in the middle of a meal
• Paying the bill
• Follow up after the meal
• and much more...