Greetings!

When you read this blog Friday I will be in the air off to speak at a conference for the weekend. And no, I will not be riding my broom - I have too much stuff to carry this time!

I wanted to announce that The Magnolia Show is back and broadcasting in a new format…now you will be able to SEE and HEAR me on the internet! Each Friday morning at 9a.m. beginning November 2nd I will be doing the show live from a host of different locations. And if you miss it don’t worry because now the shows will be archived. To listen or view the archived shows, visit www.NydaBittmannNeville.com and click on The Magnolia “listen live”.

The Magnolia was launched on the radio waves in September 2006 and has been dedicated to women; however, with this new venue, I am expanding it to focus on business culture, image and brand. The goal of the show is to provide techniques, strategies, and resources to help you blossom into unique flowers, like the magnolia. So gentlemen, you are more than welcome to listen to the shows as I will be having both male and female guests. Additionally, I can come to your business location and conduct the show. Guest appearances and sponsorships are available. Following the show, the guest will receive a link that can be streamed on their website and sent out to clients!

Because this new venue will speak to business culture, what attributes would you consider important to create and sustain a corporate culture?

Have a great weekend and Happy Halloween!

Nyda

Boo!

Halloween is right around the corner and the stores are sporting costumes, candy and all types of decorations. Companies are starting to talk about “dress up” for the holiday.

Recently one of my clients was talking about the costume she was putting together to wear to work. When she finished, it took everything I had not to let my mouth drop open. I thought to myself that she must be out of her mind to wear that!

Sooooooo, as the image and brand consultant that I am, I had to question her. Using open ended questions to gain information, I probed for a reason as to why she would want to take a ”blow to her image”. I cannot tell you exactly what the costume was going to be; however, it would certainly gain attention. I am sure you get the picture.

As she explained her reasoning to me, I searched for the right words and how to position them to get her to see that what she was about to do would surely backfire. After several minutes of discussion, she looked at me and said that she “got it”. She thanked me for being honest with her and bringing this potential mistake to her attention.

My reason for discussing this is to ask those of you who are managers or the person that will give the “okay” for a Halloween dress up day at work to offer some “scary tips”. Remember that there are people who have no clue about the impact of their behaviors and actions, much less about image. So please help by giving them guidelines for costumes. Everyone will be glad you did!

We must remember that even costume dressing reflects our image and brand.

Enjoy the holiday and don’t eat too much candy! Oh, and please check your costume before leaving home.

Boo,

Nyda

Greetings!
I don’t know about you, but life seems to have more stressors than years past. I am sure there are a host of reasons for this, but how we respond to those stressors impacts our image and brand.
 

Greetings!