Editor-in-chief at Callmechat since 2016. My career advice and commentary has been published by the Financial Times, Hewlett-Packard, CareerBuilder, and Glassdoor, among others. With a strong passion for statistics and a background in psychology,
Bart makes sure all the advice published on Callmechat is data-driven.
Unique traits: Before you begin your day in your new role as Manager, think about the image you want to project. Clothes express three messages: they tell something about your company, about your position in the company, and about the way you feel about yourself. An advertising agency and a bank may want to convey very different images to the public. A clerk and an executive need to convey different images. For example, in your plant or shop, do the supervisors wear overalls as the workers do? In your hospital or lab, where everyone wears white coats, is the supervisor’s the same as the technicians’ or different? In your office, do most female workers wear slacks or dresses while most female managers wear suits? Do most male managers wear ties? If you’re a woman with no women supervisors whose clothing you can use as an example, look at the men. ‘Are they wearing jackets? This will give you a clue as to how formally you will be expected to dress. My Work Blog https://callmechat.com/