February 23, 2006
Business Highlight
How Organization Affects Your Image
"When I work with clients, one of the questions I ask them is, "Does your office reflect the quality of your work?"'"
So many times it doesn't.. For people who work at home or in a work environment where clients don't come to visit them, they may think it's no big deal. But what about those of you who work with with clients or vendors who do come in to visit? When an office is organized, people tend to respect you. You have an image of credibility..
What is your workplace like? What message are you sending out about your office and the way you do business? That you're competent and efficient? Or that you're disorganized and out of control?
A famous piece of research by Albert Mehrabian in the '70's revealed that the words we use account for only 7% of our impact as communicators, around 38% depends on our voice, but a massive 55% of communication is visual. How true, not just for our wardrobes, but for our offices as well.
