2008

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is not happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Prime Minister and writer
Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
Is it appropriate for our employees to make a thank you toast when a guest at a client’s company party? If so, when?
Answer:
Making a toast is an elegant […]

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s level of aspiration and expectation. ~ Jack Nicklaus, b. 1940
November Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
We want to establish some business social etiquette guidelines for our account managers in attending client holiday parties. What are three main things we should highlight for them?
Answer:
Three main things […]

Be courageous. It’s one of the only places left uncrowded. ~Anita Roddick
October  Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
What guidelines should we give our folks for participating in a meeting via conference call?
Answer:
To reduce excess noise, keep phone on mute when not speaking. Try to avoid using speaker phone; if you can’t, ask permission […]

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. ~ Johanna von Schiller, Playwright.
September Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
How can we help our more reserved employees enjoy greater success networking at business social events when they don’t know anyone?
Answer:
Have them ask the host if they can […]

August Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
Our new account managers are beginning to travel with only a carry on bag, restricting them to one set of clothes. How can they keep them stain free when they cannot have tem professionally cleaned while on the road.
Answer:
Always pack Tide to Go to treat stains like chocolate […]

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”  ~Frank Lloyd Wright
July Tips For Communication & Image Success
Tip for Organizations:
Question:
What should we suggest our employees wear to outdoor business social events where they will mingle with customers and/or senior management?
Answer:
Provide general guidelines, such as clothing should be […]