Your Professional Image

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Nicola Davis

“Style is a way of saying who you are without having to speak" - Rachel Zoe With the fantastic news on the two vaccines, hopefully this year life should start returning to normal. For many of us this will mean working at least part of the week from an office and meeting in person with colleagues, suppliers and clients. This is a great time to be a woman in business. Co...

Dressing For Success in Business

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Nicola Davis

Companies spend a lot of time and money on getting their corporate branding right, but how many are prepared to invest in helping employees with their personal branding? I was delighted to be asked by Emma Maslen, MD of SAP Concur, to advise staff on how to “Dress For Success”. Emma had a personal consultation with me some years ago and felt that it had helped her develop a st...

Dress Your Best

Everyone can look fabulous, regardless of age, shape or size. You just need to understand what works for YOU. Learn how to dress in the way that flatters your shape, scale and proportions in a friendly, supportive environment. We will cover: Your body shape and what it means for the way you. Your proportions – How to create the illusion of being perfectly proportion...

Your Professional Image

Posted on December 13, 2017September 30, 2022 by 3cohosting

"Personal style has always played, and still plays, a crucial role in the career trajectories of leaders" - Fortune Magazine, March 2015 Research shows that we make judgements about people’s character, professionalism, socio-economic status etc within about seven seconds of meeting. Once we’ve formed that initial opinion it tends to stick as we subconsciously seek evidence to ...

Personal Branding For Professional Success

Posted on November 6, 2017November 13, 2017 by Nicola Davis

Before I trained as an image consultant, I spent more years than I care to remember in a corporate environment. I worked in recruitment, sales and channel management so I know how important the way we present ourselves can be to our professional success. Rightly or wrongly, people form opinions about our character, professionalism, socio-economic status and authority based on w...

Why What We Wear Matters

Posted on June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 by Nicola Davis

According to most researchers, people make decisions and judgements about us within 7 seconds of meeting. Their subsequent interactions with us are very much influenced by their first impression of us. A positive first impression stores up a lot of goodwill, whereas a negative one is difficult to recover from. Therefore, whether it’s a first date or an interview, the messag...

What is Smart Casual Business Wear?

Posted on July 22, 2016June 7, 2024 by Nicola Davis

In a working environment what you choose to wear will reflect your attitudes to work and forms part of your personal brand. Work colleagues, particularly new ones, will make instant assumptions about you based on what you are wearing. This might seem scary but, you really only have 30 seconds to make a lasting impression and if it’s your first day in a new office you want it t...

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