In today’s hyper-competitive market, job seekers, professionals and even big corporations need every edge, not just to come out on top but also to just survive.

More and more, professionals in every industry are discovering that no matter how good their products or how impressive their credentials, it all comes back to the relationships they have made and the ones they need to make. And great networkers aren’t born—they’re made through formal business etiquette and protocol training.

Corporate etiquette and international protocol consultant Kate Lewis has been making networkers great for the better part of two decades. And now, as a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington, Lewis brings the world’s most prestigious etiquette certification to corporate training sessions for companies around the country.  After perfecting the art of building and maintaining business relationships for 15 years, contributing to national publications and publishing the e-newsletter, In Polite Company, Lewis now crisscrosses the region and the nation speaking and delivering etiquette and protocol training to clients in corporate, academic and even athletic organizations.