Creating a Professional Presence
Skills needed to enhance professionalism in business
Professional presence is one of the skills needed to improve the business success. It is usually a long term process. It is regarded as situational in that a professional business presence may work in one geographic situation and fail in another. A manager can apply particular dressing code in one company but completely not apply it in another company. It is also personal in that you will most likely do business with people you like. If you do not like certain characters or behaviour of people then you will not like to do business with them. There fore professional presence will give a confidence, support and expertise to do particular business better. You will be able to solve business solutions more quickly and without stress.
What is professional presence?
This would imply the showing the best accommodative and inclusive image in any business setting. It is as much more to behavioural as to appearance. If you have to attract a respectable attention to the business colleagues you have to dress reputably. Image gives you 55% of what other people believe you are. It is thus a common sense to assume that your professional presence will determine your comfort in the business environment.
What to consider in professional presence
It is regarded that 85% of business success will be achieved through a health professional presence. This presence includes area of attire, nonverbal communication, and business etiquette and action planner. You have to dress according to acceptable business dress code. You will not work in business office and come dressing in a bikini. Definitely your business associates will shy off. Business casual attires are also of great considerations.
Your gestures communication could determine your respect in business
Are you the type who will have the opportunity to receive a business call and when you arrive, walk all over the room throwing your hands up and down? This is a bit of an exaggeration, but your gestures and style of communication might not be deemed appropriate, especially in the watchful eyes of an important business partner. Always be on the watch out. Therefore at all times try to maintain a neutral gesture communication as part of your professional presence.