Explained:
How well you make first contact depends on how you use language to build bridges to existing or future relationships. Words can soon dry up and a silence can settle unless you engage from the start in a round of formalities and informalities. You must ‘touch base’.
Oscar is going to New York for five days with his finance team. They are working in the mornings, and visiting in the afternoons.
Trained:
First Contact 1 (expected):
~ You must be Donald. I’m Oscar. We’ve just arrived in NY. Kurt thought it would be a good idea to meet and introduce ourselves. He said we should touch base.
First Contact 2 (unexpected):
~ How’re you doing? Let me introduce myself. I’m Oscar from Rome. We’re staying in NY for a week, working in the mornings and sight-seeing in the afternoons. It’s nice to meet you.
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