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UCL Connect: How to...navigate workplace etiquette

22 June 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

workplace etiquette

Hear from UCL alumnus Steve Haines who will demystify the world of work. From negotiating a pay rise to making a good impression, this interactive session will give you the practical tools to navigate the workplace environment.

Event Information

Open to

All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Alumni Relations Team

This interactive virtual workshop will share the honest advice about how to turn up, make a great impression and navigate the minefield of building your reputation in the workplace. We’ll look at how to read differing expectations, learn tips on getting organised and tackle tricky topics, like what to wear for a Zoom call.

It will cover: 

  • A guide to the practical, often unspoken, rules, from time keeping, to what to wear (even more confusing in the new hybrid world!) to phones and social media at work
  • Understanding work place culture, how it’s formed and how to decode it
  • The everyday expectations of contracts and workplace policies 
  • The link between behaviours at work and perceptions of performance
  • How to make sure you get what you need including how to ask for pay rises and promotions 

The session will share some practical exercises that will help you to understand how to approach new situations and will share tips on how to build good relationships at work.

About the Speaker

Steve Haines

Steve is a campaigner and activist and the co-author of the Penguin paperback How To Go To Work: The honest advice no one ever tells you at the start of your career.  Over the past year he's spoken to over a thousand students starting out in their careers, sharing the honest advice he gathered from conversations with over a hundred professionals and from reading a lot of Harvard Business Review articles. 

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