How to arrange seats for six people on both sides of a long conference table?

A long table meeting, there are 6 people on both sides of the meeting, and the seats are arranged in the middle first, followed by left, right and left.

The workplace is a place full of rules, and business etiquette is the systematic embodiment of this set of rules. Newcomers to the workplace are often accused by their predecessors of not obeying business etiquette. Even people with many years of work experience are often confused by various details in business etiquette, and most enterprises neglect to organize relevant training, so everyone can only grow wildly and keep trying and making mistakes. In order to help young and experienced professionals improve their business etiquette, a collection of business etiquette is specially launched. Today, I updated the first article-seating arrangement for common occasions in the workplace.

Here are some common seating arrangements. I wonder if the following questions also bother you?

1. When the number of leaders present on the rostrum is even, do leaders need to be arranged in the middle?

2. Which occasions are left-handed and which occasions are right-handed?

3. Should we arrange seats on the other side of the conference room to entertain guests?

4. Is there any difference in seating arrangement between entertaining foreign guests and domestic guests?

5. Should I accompany the leader to take the elevator first in and then out or last in and then out?

Enter today's sharing with questions, and the answer will be announced at the end of the article.

I. Core principles of seating arrangement

First of all, introduce the main principles of seating arrangement and master the main principles. Just use them flexibly in different occasions, and no longer need to remember whether to put left or right first in different occasions.

Teacher liyao, a specially invited etiquette lecturer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared six seating arrangement formulas:

Face to face is the top.

Focus on the distance.

The front row is up.

The center is the top.

Best view.

Right direction.

Seeing "putting power first", I believe many friends have the same questions as me. In the news, the seating arrangement of the rostrum of large-scale conferences is obviously "left-oriented". Why?

Teacher Lai Yao woke me up with a word:

Business occasions: put the right side first (respect the right hand side of the theme).

Government occasions: take the left as the top (respect the left-hand side of the theme).

But there are also new problems. What is a business occasion and what is a government occasion?

First of all, judge from the general direction, distinguish between business and government occasions, and take each other's habits as the arrangement of judging occasions. At present, the domestic situation is that private enterprises learn from state-owned enterprises, and state-owned enterprises learn from the central government. As a private enterprise, we should follow the habits of state-owned enterprises when receiving.

Secondly, judging from the details of business content, government-related meetings should follow the interests of government affairs, and business negotiations and business-related ones should follow business etiquette.

Having mastered the above main principles, let's try to apply them in practical work situations.

Two. Occasion 1: Seating arrangement of the conference podium (usually in government affairs)

1, single podium

Principle: Take the left as the top (because there are many government affairs occasions, take government affairs occasions as an example here).

Practical Skills: Set the leadership position of 1 and arrange it in sorting order.

The number of people on the rostrum is odd: facing the audience, 1 is in the center, No.2 is on the left side of 1, and No.3 is on the right side of 1, which are arranged in turn.

The number of people on the rostrum is even: 1, with leader No.2 in the middle and No.3 on the right of No.2. 1, arranged in sequence.

In major meetings, in order to give more prominence to the leader 1, a relatively centered arrangement will be adopted.

2, multi-row podium (mostly in government affairs)

Principle: the front is high and the back is low, the middle is higher than both sides, and the left is the top.

Three. Occasion 2: Signing ceremony

Principle: subject, front and back; The superior is in front and the subordinate is behind; The government is ahead, and the enterprises are behind.

This refers to the front and back of the names on the background board of the signing ceremony. Because our Chinese reading habit is from left to right, the name on the left appears first, and the name on the left is the front.

Please refer to the figure below. As the investor, the management committee of Lingang New Area should be the main party, with Tesla as the guest and Tesla as the back. The logic that the government is in front and the enterprises are behind is also reasonable.

Fourth, occasion three: group photo.

The layout principle of the same multi-row podium: the front is high and the back is low, the middle is higher than the two sides, and the left is the top.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Situation 4: Reception room of sofa room receives talks.

Government occasions (from left to top): Go back to the sofa seat, with the main party on the right and the superior leader/guest party on the left.

Business occasions/reception of foreign guests (from right to top): Go back to the sofa seat, with the main party on the left and the superior leader/guest party on the right.

Sixth, occasion five: long table discussion

1, placed horizontally

Principle: Face to face is the top, and distance is the top.

No matter what occasion, sit at the host's back door and the guest's door.

Step 2 place it vertically

Government occasions: guests sit on the left.

Business occasions: guests sit on the right.

Seven. Situation 6: Banquet table

Principle: Respect the right, not the left, at the dinner table.

1, the number of round table guests and guests is equal.

After determining the location of the host 1, the host 1 will arrange guests 1 on the right hand side and guest 2 on the left hand side. If guest 2 is the wife of guest 1, the host 1 should arrange his wife or female manager to accompany guest 2. However, opposite the main force 1 (generally near the door), the main force must be escorted to facilitate the whole process of coordination.

There are many guests at the round table.

Because there are few hosts, we can't sit cross, so we can take care of every guest. Then arrange the host to sit next to guest 1 and guest 2, and other guests can sit down in turn. But be sure to take the opposite side of the host's escort to the guest 1 (generally near the door) to facilitate the whole process of coordination.

Eight, occasion seven: by car

1, car (5 seats)

Driver driving (most common)

Seating order: right side of the back row 1 seat, 2 seats on the left side of the back row, 3 seats in the middle of the back row and 4 seats in the co-pilot. This seat is a suite seat, which is mostly used by secretaries, assistants and translators. However, in business reception occasions, considering the comfort, only two people are arranged in the back row.

Boarding order: Sit in the order of seats. If someone is sitting in the middle seat in the back row, you should sit down first.

Host driving (common among friends)

Seating order: In order to respect the host, the co-pilot is seat 1 to show company. Under normal circumstances, if the escort in front gets off early, the back seat should be changed to the copilot, and the copilot can't be empty.

2. Commercial vehicles (6 seats /7 seats)

The seating order: 1-7 are: 2 rows of right seats, 2 rows of left seats, 3 rows of right seats, 3 rows of left seats and 3 rows of middle seats respectively.

Seating: Different from cars, distinguished people sit first, and people in the third row of commercial vehicles sit first.

3. Medium-sized bus (common model: Kauste)

Principle: Front row up, window up and left side up.

Tips: The leading secretary/assistant can take the exam No.3 or 1 1.

Other layouts:

If there is a seat opposite the 1 table, you can give it to the receptionist or sit on the 2nd.

If there are double rows of seats on the left, No.2 sits on the right of 1. If the seats are not tight, each leader can take turns to sit alone in a row.

Nine, occasion eight: take the elevator

1. There is a Commissioner in the elevator: first in first out.

Location inside the ladder: the statue is in the middle of the back row.

There are no experts in the elevator: access depends on the situation.

As a leader, walk with customers: lead first and then go out.

Follow the leader as a follower: the follower comes last and then goes out.

Ps: Take the through elevator in public. When there are many people in the elevator, let the leaders/guests go first so that they can choose their own stations. When getting out of the elevator, people near the elevator door will come out first.

Warm reminder: In the process of learning and applying business etiquette, you should not be too dogmatic, but should master it flexibly according to your own unit's situation and leadership habits.

Dongzhu Group often plays the role of service provider. Facing customers, we should not only show our respect and personal professionalism by observing business etiquette, but also always remember that the ultimate service is based on the values of equality of personality. Business etiquette is an established behavior system in the workplace, and it is a rule that all players in the venue should abide by.

But I want to emphasize that we should not be limited to business etiquette, but should use it as a tool to help individuals and enterprises realize real value. At the same time, I wish you all an early customs clearance and get rid of shirts, ties, suits and cumbersome rules.

The answer before the announcement:

1. When the number of leaders present on the rostrum is even, do leaders need to be arranged in the middle?

In general, leaders 1 and 2 can be centered at the same time; However, in order to highlight 1 leaders, some meetings will be arranged in the middle, that is, 1 leaders are in the middle, and the number of people on both sides is asymmetric.

2. Which occasions are left-handed and which occasions are right-handed?

Government affairs first on the left and business first on the right. When receiving foreign guests, according to international practice, rights are generally the most important. Table manners can only be based on correct seating arrangements.

3. Should we arrange seats on the other side of the conference room to entertain guests?

According to the most important principle of facing others, guests should generally sit facing others.

4. Is there any difference in seating arrangement between entertaining foreign guests and domestic guests?

When receiving foreign guests, rights are the most important. Please refer to the reception scenes of foreign guests in the news.

5. Should I accompany the leader to take the elevator first in and then out or last in and then out?

When accompanying a leader, as a follower, you should be the last one to go in and the last one to come out. But when there are many people in the elevator in public, the leader is advanced, and those close to the elevator door go out first.