Elevating Your Professional Image is important for you and me.
"It helps you to make a good first impression and is the bridge to building rapport with colleagues and clients."
TO BE successful at work, you have to look the part, and you can get help to do this. Professional Image Management involves three important areas: creating a good FIRST IMPRESSION, understanding BODY LANGUAGE and incul-cating positive PERSONAL GROOMING HABITS.
Let talk about Body Language (Gestures) - 01 May'12
Gestures
Communicating with hand gestures is a common practice in every part of the world. Our gestures express our intentions.You might twist your fingers if you are nervous or clench your fists in finger. When you are networking, you want to appear poised, not anxious - so watch what you do with your hands
Also remember that not all gestures are universally understood. What is perfectly acceptable in Singapore may be rude in other cultures. For example, if you form a circle with your fingers to indicate "OK", American and British will understand what you mean, but Brazilians and Germans will find this gesture offensive. For Japanese, this sign means money. If you are meeting a multicultural group, be extra-cautious about the signals you make so that you don't offend anyone and appear unprofessional.
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Cindy Tan (ACTA Certified Trainer)
65 97421128
cindytan.training@gmail.com
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