When the CEO of a company that i worked for once delivered a pathetic speech in occasion of a very big deal that had been recently closed, with his hand in his pocket, quivering voice, leaning partially against a chair, I said to myself "I am going to throw up... I could have delivered that with more passion...". and I was just a webmaster.

In other occasions I have "smelled" affectedness through and through the ranks of executive management. Be it in the form of bombastic, empty speeches, or ...

All over the Net I have seen many self-christened "Executive Coaches"... I am not here to teach you like them from a book, and tell you to memorize a couple of fancy, "bull-shit Bingo" type of "enigmatic" phrases that you can throw around to "sound" like a leader. I will give you just one simple piece of advice: "Open your mind, seek knowledge, savor Art and Culture, suffer..." and the rest will come naturally...

Here is some practical tips that I have compiled from professional, respectable magazines like FORBES and FORTUNE on what some generally accepted principles of etiquette in the IT world are:

Again, if you are a natural born leader, you will be all of the below without making any affected effort.

Come On Strong

Open Palms Say Trust me

Dont Order the Spare Ribs

No Cleavage and Watch That Hemline

and if you work for a New-Economy Firm, Scratch All of The Above