{"id":17473,"date":"2026-01-13T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:44:31","slug":"why-i-struggled-with-an-office-etiquette-quiz-and-why-you-might-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/why-i-struggled-with-an-office-etiquette-quiz-and-why-you-might-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Struggled with an Office Etiquette Quiz (and Why You Might Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17473\" class=\"elementor elementor-17473\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b7b0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3b7b0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/noun-quiz-8212622-0E3777.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2113172 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2113172\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca22fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca22fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"663\">I recently took a workplace\/office etiquette quiz published by <em data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"556\">The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. I expected it to be straightforward. Ten questions. Common sense. A quick check-in on professional norms.<\/p><p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"704\">Instead, I found myself pausing with most of the 10 questions.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327e4c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"327e4c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0607caf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0607caf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f91c02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f91c02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/workplace\/do-you-know-how-to-behave-at-work-take-our-quiz-to-test-your-office-etiquette-skills-7708304e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz-1024x585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17475\" alt=\"Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Office-Etiquette-Skills-quiz.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb60445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb60445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"1007\">The questions weren\u2019t difficult because they were obscure. They were difficult because the answer choices were nuanced. Familiar situations. Competing priorities. No obvious \u201cright\u201d response. When I finished, I had answered six out of ten correctly.\u00a0 And I had to think carefully about nearly every one.<\/p><p data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1066\">The score didn\u2019t bother me. The hesitation interested me.<\/p><p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1313\">What the quiz captured\u2014intentionally or not\u2014is how much business etiquette has evolved. These weren\u2019t questions about manners in the traditional sense. They were questions about <strong><em>judgment<\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em>Context<\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em>Awareness <\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><em>Presence<\/em><\/strong>. All <em>leadership attributes<\/em>.<\/p><h2>&#8220;It Depends&#8221;<\/h2><p>In many of the quiz question scenarios, the most honest response wasn\u2019t a clear yes or no. It was, <em data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1415\">\u201cIt depends.\u201d<\/em><\/p><ul><li data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1552\">It depends on the situation.<\/li><li data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1552\">It depends on the people involved.<\/li><li data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1552\">It depends on the stakes, the culture, and the signals being sent.<\/li><\/ul><p>That\u2019s not indecision. That\u2019s discernment.<\/p><p data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1828\">In my coaching work, I see this same dynamic play out every day. Leaders aren\u2019t usually struggling because they don\u2019t know the rules. They struggle because the rules don\u2019t account for context\u2014and context is where leadership lives.<\/p><p data-start=\"1830\" data-end=\"2006\">The Etiquette Quiz sparked more debate than agreement for a reason. When workplace expectations shift faster than habits, \u201ccorrect\u201d answers become less useful than thoughtful questions.<\/p><p data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2065\">That\u2019s what this post, and the ones that follow are about.<\/p><p data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2256\">I recommend taking the quiz yourself. (Use the blue button below). Not to ace it, but to notice where you pause. Those moments of hesitation are often where insight begins.<\/p><p data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">In the posts ahead, I\u2019ll explore a few of the themes the quiz surfaced<\/p><ul><li data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">Phones in meetings<\/li><li data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">Cameras on or off<\/li><li data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">Intent versus impact<\/li><li data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">Germophobia<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2463\">Not to declare what\u2019s right or wrong, but to examine what your decision<em data-start=\"2447\" data-end=\"2462\">\u00a0depends on<\/em>.<\/p><h2 data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2555\">Bottom Line<\/h2><h4 data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2555\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Office etiquette is no longer about manners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s about awareness, judgment, and presence.<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187e9cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"187e9cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3722416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3722416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Curious?<\/h3><p>You can take <em data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"1732\">The Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u2019s workplace etiquette quiz here (free registration required).\u00a0 Worth the price of admission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e70b9df elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e70b9df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/workplace\/do-you-know-how-to-behave-at-work-take-our-quiz-to-test-your-office-etiquette-skills-7708304e?mod=Searchresults&#038;pos=1&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to  Office Etiquette Quiz<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb274d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb274d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd362a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bd362a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Follow-Up Article<\/h2><p>I&#8217;m not the only one to have issues with the Etiquette Quiz.\u00a0 The columnist wrote a follow-up article.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a link&#8230;\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"e1sf124z8 css-kcrx2-HeadlineTextBlock\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/workplace\/our-work-etiquette-quiz-stumped-most-readers-overachievers-have-their-own-tips-0d8bd69b?mod=Searchresults&amp;pos=2&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Work Etiquette Quiz Stumped Most Readers. 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