The attractive image of the head means a lot of things: it helps to win over any employee, without it it is extremely difficult to move ahead on a career ladder and to hold more and more high leading posts. After all, on image of heads the potential partners and clients draw conclusions about all company in general. Therefore each real careerist thinks of how to create to himself the correct image of the modern head.
What is image and its components
The image is an image which you consciously create for people around. Actors, singers or politicians even have own image makers who work on creation of the necessary image. Correctly created image helps to cause in people a positive impression about you as about the head, to listen to your requests and wishes, to conduct open dialogue. Before starting creation of image of the head, not superfluous will be to learn what his components.
- Everyone knows that the first impression is caused by characteristics of the personality. It is about appearance, a manner to talk, the nature of decision-making, temperament of the person, a word about everything what defines your strong personality. Some heads neglect this component of image, however do not forget that the first impression often the strongest.
- The second component of an image are values, leaning on which, you make decisions. For example, if the head regards obtaining benefit in any ways as of paramount importance, then he will treat more strictly subordinates, to force them to work overtime and to deprive of awards. For more democratic head important value is maintenance with employees of the friendly relations therefore he will not treat them with excessive severity, and subordinates, in turn, will support such boss in difficult situations, being late at work on own initiative.
- Any head has to have an idea of what he wants to achieve, holding the post and what he would like to see the enterprise in the future, it is possible to call this component a personal mission.
- The last component of image is the status of the head which is defined by origin, security level and also that how high position he holds.
How to create image of the head?
Certainly, it is impossible to create a pleasant image in one day and for this purpose there will be few week. Formation of image of the head is a long and laborious process, you should consider each step. Here we will tell only about the basic principles of creation of image which will help you to make a good start.
First of all estimate yourself as the personality, define strong and weaknesses, honestly admit what positive and negative qualities are available for you. It is also the factors influencing formation of image of the head, proceeding from them, you will begin to create an image – good to emphasize, and bad to eliminate.
For a start estimate the clothes. The head is not obliged to come every day to work in a new very expensive suit at all, it is rather simple to have pair of good suits sitting on a figure, several men's shirts and ties. You watch that the clothes always freshened and ironed, always you remember that the careless appearance can seriously tarnish image. If necessary work gait, correct diction and a bearing.
Do not hesitate to show emotions, use the sense of humour at communication with subordinates, the main thing that all this was moderately. Excessively emotional head will hardly be able to win over employees, as well as the chief with eternally stone look.
Self-management and image of the head – the things connected indissolubly. The head needs to be able:
- to set specific goals;
- to place priorities;
- to plan the working day and to hold to this plan;
- to objectively estimate the received result.
The good head is not afraid to take the responsibility for failures of the enterprise, he does not shift the blame on employees, he recognizes that he not rather well organized and motivated subordinates and looks for ways of a solution.