Projecting a professional image: how to put your best foot forward.
Projecting a professional image is important to those who value their careers. It is a major part of corporate image, and therefore important to the organization. Professional image can be enhanced by dressing and grooming appropriately, and by developing a positive self-image and strong group image. These activities will ultimately create a stronger organizational image, which is vital to its longevity. "If hospital 'A' presents a warm, friendly, and exquisitely polished ... image and hospital 'B' presents a frumpy, unkempt, and irritable ... image, and both are otherwise similar, which would you choose?" Given that professional image is self-controlled, can anyone afford not to build a more positive image?
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