The influence of dress: personal impact in business through colour and image

Speaker(s):

Jo Dipple, Eureka Development

With a work background which includes time in the Careers Service, the Hotel and Catering Training Board and ten years’ training and management development experience in a global multinational (DHL), Jo Dipple has now been running her own successful consultancy, Eureka Development, for the past 10 years, specialising in all aspects of personal, management, career and organisational development. To mark the 10 year anniversary of setting up the business, she has recently pursued a special interest and diversified her portfolio by taking on the role of image consultant for the House of Colour in the Dorking, Leatherhead and Epsom area. Jo is a Fellow of the CIPD, has qualifications in career guidance and an MBA. The House of Colour is the leading image consultancy in this country with rapidly growing coverage worldwide, and is recognised as an Investor in People for its consultant training programmes.

Event details: To mark the festive season, this session is designed to be stimulating and informative, and also fun. It will engage participants in discussion of issues around a topic we generally only discuss as HR professionals when something is wrong – image and dress in the workplace - but it will also create personal interest by encouraging reflection on the image we ourselves wish to project. Included in the session will be discussion and examination of the following:

• The rules, written or unwritten, of dress in the 21st century workplace 
• How we are influenced by appearance and style of dress 
• Why knowing how to dress in your own style is as important to self- presentation as knowing your MBTI type or preferred team role 
• How both men and women can establish their personal brand through learning about their own unique colour, body shape and clothing style.

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• Email Michelle Grasty  

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