Questions of Transition

This past weekend I traveled to Michigan to work with a lovely new client. She found out about me and my image consulting services through a friend of hers I worked with a few years ago. I worked with both of these women in a time of career and life transition as they were moving to new cities and preparing to start new career phases.

After this consultation I began thinking a lot about the fact that many of my clients (if not most) are in transition. Whether it be professional or personal, physical or mental, transition often exposes need and opportunity.

It might be as simple as a wardrobe update or as extensive as self-reinvention, but an impending change in environment often prompts one to examine and analyze their current personal brand. What kind of first impression do I make?
What does my image say about me?
What are the messages I would choose to non-verbally and verbally convey?
How well can I control this? How well AM I controlling this?

Transition or not, it can be beneficial to ask ourselves such questions at least once in a while. Personal image develops and public image shifts. As we come to better understand our brands and how to make them work for us we tend to have deeper image related questions. Take your image inventory today!