How to Overcome Beauty Prejudice By Jon Michail She looks as though she has everything. That long, curly hair without a whisper of frizz. The cheekbones that could cut glass. The rosebud lips that never need Chapstick, the slim gangly limbs of a greyhound matched...
Personal Branding Articles
Make Me Jump.
By Jon Michail I like to think I practice what I preach. As a coach, my aim is to stretch people to become more than they’ve ever imagined for themselves. Sometimes this can lead to unexpected adventures... In February, I shared a story Leap of Faith with you about...
Loss of reputation can be a killer
By Jon Michail James Hird, past football coach of Essendon, two-time premiership player and five time All Australian, as reported in the media recently was hospitalised for an ‘intentional poisoning overdose’, but later transferred to a specialist mental health...
How to Manage Office Politics
By Jon Michail Office politics is a game we’re all playing, whether we like it or not. It can be seen as a negative – by exploiting opportunities or a situation to advance one’s own career. But of course, there is the plus side of office politics, by skillfully and...
Science and storytelling – the bridge to personal branding
By Jon Michail Recently I have found myself becoming acquainted with the notion that storytelling is an important tool to be used in the field of interest that is selling – being a surprisingly coalesced action to the art of persuasion. Many conventional sales experts...
Authenticity won
By Jon Michail It was an election triumph that very few could have predicted. In the end, political experience counted for very little. Americans demanded a president they could relate to and, even more importantly, one who was perceived as relating to them. Donald...
IGI IN THE NEWS: ‘A human tragedy’: Experts divided over which path Gable Tostee should take
See full article: 9news.com.au Any interview would need to be carefully thought out or it could cause further irreparable damage to Tostee's public reputation, Jon Michail, group chief executive of Image Group International, said. "He's going to have a hard time...
Authentic Leadership is Missing… Have You Noticed?
By Jon Michail Remember when mission statements were The Thing? I remember thinking how cringe-worthy and tacky most of them were while conducting workshops for our clients. They didn’t read well or sound good or inspire any sort of belief in me let alone their staff...
The New Rules of Business
Creating your new possibility... By Jon Michail The old rules of business are not as applicable as they once were. The world of business is constantly evolving, and the old rules of business are not as applicable as they once were. The rules are subject to the...