Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
In the rough and tumble world of business, media, or politics, the black knitted tie is indeed indispensable.
I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.
IBM has a very solid business image.
The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity, owned by the very rich and managed by over-paid executives.
That has been the average perception well into the 21st century.
Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.
Labour allowed ourselves to be painted as anti-business for talking about insecurity, when in reality, the opposite was true.
A flagrant grievance is to a rebel movement what an image is to a business.
My party needs to understand that business is not a bad word - especially when it has the word 'small' before it.
For the longest time, I just felt like I had to be really, really harsh to be taken seriously as a CEO.
No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.
By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman.
'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor's office to look like a doctor's office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?'
Businesspeople get a little bit of bad press sometimes. There are a lot of normal and ethical people.
Just advertising departments with legs and high heels.
I've played a massive and growing part in making business glamorous and even, yes, sexy.
The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.
The fashion industry is often charged with having kept its blinders on as one Seventh Avenue company after another lost employees to AIDS. Consumers, it was feared, would shun the racks of designers whose names were associated with the disease. And to stand up against AIDS would, in many minds, confirm the business's stereotypical image.
As a businessman, Sunil Shetty is dumb. His image as a 'businessman' is what his partners should have. They deserve all the credit.
Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.
My company is an extension of me, so when I designed my stores I wanted people to feel that they were in my home.