The Ultimate Style Guide to Communicating Authority During Video Meetings
What should I wear for video meetings?
The Question of the Hour for professionals worldwide as many adjust to the new normal of work-from-home life.
My job as an image consultant is to help you create successful first impressions—and video meetings are no exception to this.
Preparing for a Zoom call requires more than simply throwing on a button-up and hitting “Join Meeting.” Even your go-to outfit for in-person presentations will need adjustments.
By following the style guide below, you’ll master the art of the video meeting and communicate authority to colleagues, clients, and management.
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How Style Impacts Trustworthiness: 4 Tips for Optimizing Your Image to Build Trust
Quick impressions.
Our brains were built for them.
According to Psychology Today: “In our perception of people, and their perceptions of us, the hidden, subliminal mind takes limited data, and creates a picture that seems clear and real, but is actually built largely on unconscious inferences that are made by employing factors such as a person’s body language, voice, clothing, appearance, and social category.”
That’s why it matters what you wear—especially in situations that require building trust, like the professional or dating realms.
Optimize your appearance with these 4 tips for communicating the right messages and building trust with others.
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5 Trends to Consider—or Ignore—This Spring Season
With the turn of the new season, magazines and department stores are splashed with the latest spring 2020 trends—the “hot new items” that fashion editors push as must-have pieces for your wardrobe.
But you won’t find me touting these trends to clients. In fact, I often urge my clients to ignore trends altogether.
Why?
Because Valerio Consulting is inherently anti-trend.
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Command Respect & Authority: The Ultimate Guide to What to Wear for a Presentation at Work
Make no mistake: What you wear to a presentation matters.
YOUR PRESENTATION INCLUDES YOU.
Your presentation is more than just slides and talking points. Whether you like it or not, you are part of the presentation yourself. What you wear for a presentation will influence your listeners just as much as what you say.
Read on for our ultimate guide to what to wear for a presentation at work.
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Building a business? Your personal style is hurting your brand
When it comes to running your own business, you have everything you need—almost.
Your expertise? Your passion? Your drive?
All there.
But your wardrobe? Seriously lacking.
That’s not just hurting your personal brand—it’s hurting your business, too.
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Ready to reach your goals this year? Here’s how your image impacts your success
I can make one educated guess about you.
As a high-achieving professional, you likely have major goals for the year ahead.
You’re after that promotion, or you’re ready to hit the dating scene again, or you’ve finally cut the ribbon on your new business.
Basically, you’re ready to take on the world this year. Am I right?
I also know a few things about your goal-setting strategies. Your goals follow the S.M.A.R.T. goal-setting framework faithfully. You’ve broken down your yearly goals into quarterly milestones. You’ve ticked the typical boxes of common goal-setting strategies.
But there’s an integral aspect of reaching those goals that you likely haven’t even considered.
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