Every office has its own protocol for who is called by his or her first name and who is called by his or her title. New employees should follow suit, after listening carefully to how people are addressed. 這樣才能保證不會無意的冒犯別人。畢竟，好的人際關系在公司中也是非常重要的。

If yours is a "title" office, but you call your boss Charlie when meeting alone, you should still call him Mr. Dodd when others are around. 公眾場合要注意維護領導的權威嘛！

If yours is an informal office, you still should wait for the other person to say, "Please call me Jim."親密關系不是一下子就能建立起來的，不要還沒取得好感就先冒犯了他。

Everyone, no matter whether the office is formal of informal, has a name. No assistant should ever be referred to as "my girl." She is, if a possessive must be used, "Charlene Walter, my assistant," or "Angela Badalato, my assistant." 尊重每個人的獨立性是建立良好人際關系的第一步。

（改編自：中國農資網 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）