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Presence is connecting heart, mind, body and voice
Since the world changed in 2020, we have spent far too much time in front of screens and on camera—presenting,...
Navigating leadership style: communicate with awareness and colour
People talk of branding and style in numerous ways: it all depends on who you ask. Is it about dressing,...
Reflections on leadership: seven lessons and two concerns about authentic excellence
I started my working life with a love for body movement, shaping people’s minds, and aesthetics. Trained in all matters...
The beauty and strength of new beginnings
Four years ago, we just escaped by the skin of our teeth from the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Northern...
The value of setting meaningful goals
I enjoy reflecting on values at a new beginning as it takes me to the core – and working at...
What is your recipe for Presence? part 2
Stories and Reflections on Presence Being present – personally, socially, and professionally, as is being well, is as personal a...
What is your recipe for Presence? part 1
Our work at Image Ability is anchored in behavioural science with a practical focus. So, as we understand and practice...
Breakthrough for self-image: seven principles
In our dedicated training and coaching programmes, we understand that every organisation and individual have their own mission and values....
Image Literacy: Mastering Confidence and Impact
We serve as catalysts at Image Ability, fervently advocating for image literacy to unleash women’s strengths and authenticity for meaningful...
The Four Cs of Image Redesign – and why they are essential for expanding your identity
According to behavioural scientists, half of our brain’s resources are used for vision, which means that even a small change...
A Mosaic of Inter-cultural Experiences – Part 3
The Mosaic of intercultural experiences continues … Italian heritage When people ask me what I would say about my people,...
Embracing Data and Inter-cultural Experiences – Part 2
In Part 1, I wrote about the influence my education (around three early bugs) had on me in the context...
A Bug for Linking Cultures – Part 1
People tend to refer to bugs as problems with apps and software, but to me, a bug is more of...
Decoding your envelope of performance
Part 3 of 3 In the previous two write-ups dedicated to your ‘Envelope of Performance’, we made a case for...
Unveiling Your Professional Image: The Intersection of Presence, Leadership, and Individuality
This is Part 2 in the discussion about the envelope of performance, the connection between our presence, leadership style and...
Long-lasting Royal lessons
Building a company in the non-existent knowledge economy of Eastern Europe in the early ‘90s was a raw and challenging...
From Formula 1 to Personal Growth: Why Your Envelope of Performance Matters
The space industry, Formula 1 racing and similar high-performance environments often refer to the ‘Envelope of Performance’: its maximum speed,...
How Outliers Shaped My Personal and Professional Growth
I feel privileged to meet and work with people at the top of their professional lives who are on the...
Polarisation of Men vs Women in the Workplace: how real is this?
I am becoming rather tired of the polarisation of men vs women. Whether we are Gen X, Z or Y, this increasingly...
Onwards, upwards and practical
Better is normal I am fortunate to meet with people who wish to better themselves. They tend to be –...
CVs and pigeonholes
CVs are great for introducing specialities, but what about background and experience? Many of us leave our specialities behind as...
Three women, one continuous thread
As a child, I remember the morning race to the market on the 8th of March for the most excellent...
Celebrating women and men
One cannot help but see the resurgence of a new age of feminism: look at the published titles in the...
Image Ability, a process and outcome. While playing hard at your core
Image Ability stands at an intersection of domains as practical inspiration for personal and organisational growth. We regularly invite professionals...
Time Zero in your Image Journey
Apart from those highly transactional, agenda-driven meetings (you’ll know what I mean!), no two gatherings of people are the same....
A hidden resource. Have you found yours yet?
Just three weeks into the start of my first school, something happened in ‘the system’, and the school was no...
A denim story
In today’s context, one might say that having your first jeans at 18 would qualify as being somewhat late to...
A Taste for Leadership
In my mother tongue, there is a saying that ‘one doesn’t discuss taste’ – but I beg to differ as developing taste...
Personal values and your image
One thing most of us have done more of during the past years is taking time to think – or,...
Three Early Muses
I have already written about Mary Poppins and my Mum. What follows here is about three other women who had...
Are you a sugar or pickle person?
I have written lots about energy, enthusiasm, visibility and life-work balance as these have been the customer themes of late....
What shapes our Image
I don’t have a precise date for when I started to make a conscious link between my personality and wearing...
What to know about creating value with your ageless image
I salute you all that are on either side of 40 or 50. The best is yet to come! Let...
The Image Ability way to thrive in change
Why bother with your image? Change is constant – how many times have we heard that? Notwithstanding living with the...
Is there such a thing as colour on prescription?
I was born in the heat of summer on the day of change. Old folk say that reptiles (and creepie-crawlies)...
What do shoes, banks and satellites have in common
If you have read my various ramblings you know of my passion for character analysis; while I am not a...
What do your clothes say about the job you want
Recent conversations have revealed how often women wear clothes which do not reflect the job they want. My client is...
Can a high performance professional live creatively?
As industry executives, so often we stay with a comfortable uniform to live-out our professional character to the detriment of...
Emerging in style is about your personal values
One thing most of us have done more of during the past few years is taking time to think –...
A Digital Wardrobe to nudge behavioural change
For some time now I have been building a Digital Wardrobe which is, in effect, a network of images and...
Sustainability and me
When I was growing up in Transylvania there was minimal choice for off-the-peg fashion. However, women simply didn’t leave home...
How to self-indulge in your wardrobe and feel great
As I write, the 2nd of December is set for the removal of the second lockdown in the UK and...
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