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Thursday, 1 December 2011

How much would you pay to look the part of 'highly successful executive'?


Ladies – STOP WASTING MONEY ON CLOTHES

Wardrobe Re-Vamp End of Year Offer – Not To Be Missed

A couple of days ago I was advised that someone had paid £1000 for a Wardrobe Re-Vamp days!
How does that sound to you? A lot? Worth it?
Yes, I had pretty much that reaction too!
But let me tell you the story behind this.
I was talking to a businessman that I trust and admire and he mentioned that he had paid £1000 for a similar service for his wife earlier this year. Not sure how well it worked.
But there is someone who can re-vamp your wardrobe.. make you look the part and save you money in the long run but without that price tag!
Make the most of the opportunity to save money – forever – on clothes that don’t flatter your shape or enhance the professional, stylish image you portray.
After all – first impressions count – for a lot!
She's called Sue Courteney and comes to your house and assess your body shape – then you try on every item of clothing you have.The sessions typically take 4 to 6 hours.
 
Some items will be great – keepers.
Some items will be great if worn differently, altered, mended or otherwise made to look different.
Some items will just have to go – with me to the charity shop or charity bank. Yes Sue takes them away, that day! so you can't offend again...
You will be left with a wardrobe of clothes that you will look great in – they will flatter your shape, colouring and work for your life.
She then goes home and puts all your notes – body shape, style tips, what to buy list etc – into a book so you have your own, personal, handy guide in a form that you can keep referring to.
So if you, or anyone you know, has ever opened the door of their full-to-bursting wardrobe and sighed “I’ve got nothing to wear!” Then this service is exactly what is needed.
And all this not for that huge sum but a very very reasonable, time limited offer of  £350
£350 is a bargain when you think of how much you will save over time (or maybe one shopping trip) in clothes that don’t work for you.
Don’t delay – email  and BOOK TODAY!

N.B. This offer is valid for women in UK only

Monday, 5 September 2011

Is your name helping or hindering your career?

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 100 million members worldwide, today released LinkedInsights data that reveal interesting findings about the top names of CEOs. The LinkedInsights data also showed surprising correlations among the lengths of names that dominate certain fields. For instance, CEOs in the United States often have four letter names (like Jack and Fred). According to the LinkedInsights data, the top five names for male CEOs globally are:
  1. Peter
  2. Bob
  3. Jack
  4. Bruce
  5. Fred
The top five names for female CEOs globally are:
  1. Deborah
  2. Sally
  3. Debra
  4. Cynthia
  5. Carolyn
“It’s no secret that people often associate their title, employer and even their education as part of what defines them and their professional brand,” said Monica Rogati, LinkedIn’s senior data scientist. “What’s interesting about this data is that we were able to discover a correlation between a professional’s name and the industry or functional area in which they work.” For instance, in the U.S., there’s an interesting relationship between the amount of letters and top names for professionals in certain functional areas. Sales professionals tend to have short names, around four letters (like Chip, Todd and Trey), while engineers tend to have longer names, around six letters (like Rajesh, Jeremy and Andrew). U.S. professionals in the food and restaurant industry tend to have longer French names (like Thierry, Philippe and Laurent). “Typically hypocorisms, the shorter form of a given name, are used in intimate situations as a nickname or a term of endearment,” said Dr. Frank Nuessel, the editor of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics (a publication of the American Name Society) and a professor of classical and modern languages at the University of Louisville. “It’s possible that sales professionals in the U.S. and male CEOs around the world use these shortened versions of their name as a way to be more approachable and accessible to potential clients. Interestingly enough, female CEOs appear to prefer to use their full names and not nicknames, which could signify that they want to be taken more seriously and want co-workers to think of them in a more professional light.”
So what Linked In are saying is, think about your name and what you call yourself to others in your profile.. it is giving off signals you might not have considered.
But don't foget this is global research with a  US bias.
BUT Bruce, really? are there lots of CEO's called Bruce? Apologies to you if you are called Bruce.......