Newspaper and magazine articles referencing The Executive Protocol Group and its "premier business etiquette consultant," Paul Siddle.

Paul Siddle, who trains business people about corporate etiquette, is constantly on the run, but he tries not to be rushed...

Full keyboards, color screens, and GPS systems have made the lowly cell phone an indispensable business tool. But using your phone inappropriately...

This much is true: On Oct. 29, a TV cameraman named Ira Quillen broke a porcelain antique in the Virginia Governor's Mansion...

That pretty little invitation to the company picnic this weekend might look fun and innocent, but don't be so naive...

A man laying his jacket in the mud so a woman does not dirty her dress might have been common and mannerly at one time...

Regent students, alumni and guests attended an etiquette dinner at Founder's Inn to, among other things, learn the proper technique to correcting a bad hand shake...

1. Unlike social etiquette, business etiquette is genderless or gender-neutral. Therefore, both men and women should always stand when introduced and offer a firm...

Most of us are guilty of it: We use lowercase letters and sparse punctuation throughout our e-mails with little regard for the beginnings and ends of sentences or...

Anyone who travels frequently for business knows these are not the easiest of times to be on the road, with war jitters, airport difficulties and smaller expense...

"Using business etiquette with customers impacts a company's bottom line," said Paul Siddle, principal of The Executive Protocol Group of Richmond, Virginia...

Men, wear an undershirt, but don’t let it show above your open collar. Women, save your mules for out of the office, when open-toed, backless shoes are appropriate...

When it comes to e-mail horror stories, no one is immune. Take Gary LeClair, chairman of Richmond law firm LeClair Ryan, who experienced every top executive’s worst...

For better or worse, e-mail is nearly as ubiquitous today as the telephone. We stopped asking people, "Do you have e-mail?" and started asking "What's your e-mail...

"A nice can of worms, indeed." That's how David McGrann reacted to the recent Table Talk asking about whether a restaurant tip should be on the pretax amount or the...

Like many American homes, your house was probably a target for youngsters (and some oldsters) dressed up in costumes and pretending to be Dracula, Freddy Kruger...

The first slide in Paul Siddle's presentation to the administrative staff at a local law firm reads: "Business goes where it's invited, but stays where it's well taken...

Wednesday is National Employee Health and Fitness Day. Its sponsor, the National Association for Health & Fitness - which encourages employees to become more active...

Paul Siddle’s a nice guy. So nice, in fact, that businesses pay him for it. His Richmond-based company, The Executive Protocol Group, gives corporate seminars...

It’s a Friday afternoon just around quitting time and Paul Siddle’s seminar, which is already running behind schedule, has hit a speed bump...