Professional image : your roadmap to success : your personal journey to enhancing your status and career by looking, sounding and behaving professionally / Pang Li Kin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kin, Pang Li.

Series:

Success Skills

ST training solutions. Success skills series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success in business.

Self-presentation.

Business etiquette.

Clothing and dress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Business, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pick up tips on how to put your best foot forward and promote yourself in a manner that will get you remembered and going places.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Assess Yourself; 1. Image Builds Success; The impact of your image on success; What is image?; Your image is stored in a box; What is professional image?; Making a lasting impression; Stay in the positive room with a consistent message; Star Tips for creating a successful image; 2. Your Image Roadmap: Present, Past and Future; Your personal image roadmap; The present: where are you now?; The past: what have you achieved?; What are your strengths?; The future: where are you going?; Crafting your personal vision

Setting your goals and future milestonesThe vehicle to take you there; Let's start the engine!; Star Tips for creating your personal roadmap; 3. Assess Your Professional Image: Vsp Index; The VSP index: Your visual, sound and personality impact; The VSP index in practice; The VSP index and you; How to achieve a higher VSP index; Make the VSP index work for your professional image; Star Tips for assessing your professional image; 4. Visual Impact: How to Dress for Success; Power dressing vs powerless dressing; Three elements of professional style; Dress for your future career

Putting your professional style togetherMatch your professional style to your situation; Creating a professional wardrobe without spending a fortune; Five steps to a wardrobe makeover; Star Tips for creating a professional style; 5. Colour Directions for Different Professions; The significance of colour; The impact of colour; The messages of colour; Colours for your professional image; Determining your personal colouring; Star Tips for making colours work for you; 6. The Sounds of Success; Sounding professional; The quality of your voice; Enhancing the technical quality

Enhancing the dramatic qualityThe 3 C's of sounding professional; Speak powerfully; Star Tips for sounding successful; 7. Your Personality and Success; What is your personality like?; Matching your personality to your brand values; Seven ways to behave professionally at work; Seven ways to build relationships at work; Seven ways to show professionalism in business dealings; Star Tips for behaving professionally; 8. Positioning your Brand for Success; Dare to be different; The 4 W's in your brand positioning statement; Positioning your resumé for success

Positioning your elevator statement for successPositioning your bio for success; Positioning your brand for a promotion; Star Tips for positioning your brand for success; 9. The Art of Self-Promotion; Channels for self-promotion; Creating a strong professional presence; It's not about you; Star Tips for promoting your personal brand; 10. Facing Roadblocks to Success; 10 roadblocks to overcome; Removing roadblock #1: It costs too much; Removing roadblock #2: I don't have time; Removing roadblock #3: It's not possible; Removing roadblock #4: I've failed too many times

Removing roadblock #5: I get very nervous

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814312455

9814312452

OCLC:

794715040