By Jon Michail Here at Image Group International, we don’t particularly like to rely on personality tests, but we do believe in core values and Taylor Protocols’ Core Values Index TM (CVI TM) as an evidence-based assessment of unchanging values. I find this an...
Oprah has an instantly recognisable personal brand. Image: OWN By Jon Michail I wrote recently about the importance of creating a good-looking business brand. Crafting an aesthetically pleasing brand where the outer image reflects the inner image. However, in...
By Jon-Michail How well does your manager support and encourage you to be the best you can? Have you been encouraged to reach goals that may have first seemed impossible? In today’s technology-driven business world, that’s exactly what your manager should be doing,...
IGI In The News Melissa Singer | News Corp No thongs. No gym gear. No harem pants. Suits compulsory from Monday to Thursday, ties mandatory for client meetings. And no "clothes traditional to a particular sex and/or gender identity". If this last part reads like it...
By Jon Michail We asked Elizabeth Hanson, owner of a successful consulting company, if she thought image really was everything when it came to business. She said: I remember when we were interviewing for a new sales manager. My receptionist had just called to say she...
Cultivating an image of success will ultimately attract success. In other, words, you attract what you present. If you want to be the part, look and act the part. There’s a reason why actors turn up to auditions dressed as the character they’re hoping to play!...
By Jon Michail We’re reading a lot lately about astute people making minor fortunes through renovating dumps in desirable areas and turning them into enviable homes. Take the ‘Hoarder House’ in Brisbane, Australia (pictured above). Brothers Rob and Andrew Gray...
By Jon Michail Most sustainable relationships between Australia and Asia are primarily based on interactions and associations. Therefore it is important to have a credible personal brand for instant impact. There are three components in building a credible personal...
By Leo D'Angelo Fisher Workplace dress standards have been in flux since the late 1990s dotcom boom, when hip IT start-ups introduced beanbags, table tennis and jeans to the office. The dotcoms came, went, and came back again, leaving professional workplaces trying to...